What is Broken Clouds?

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

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

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

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

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

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