What is Broken Clouds?

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

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

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

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

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

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

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

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

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the Earth's surface, significantly reducing visibility.