What is Broken Clouds?

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

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

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

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...