What is Broken Clouds?

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.