What is Broken Clouds?

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

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

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

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...