What is Broken Clouds?

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

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

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

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

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

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

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

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

The belt between 50-70 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, adjacent to the Polar Region. Although...