What is Broken Clouds?

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...