What is Broken Clouds?

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

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

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

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

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

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

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

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

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