What is Broken Clouds?

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

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...

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

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

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

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

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

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

Weather is the day-to-day meteorological conditions that happen in our atmosphere. Weather can change within minutes, which...