What is Broken Clouds?

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

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

The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...

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

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