What is Broken Clouds?

The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...

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

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

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

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...