What is Broken Clouds?

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

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

A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...

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

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

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

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

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...