What is Broken Clouds?

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

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

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

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

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

The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

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

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.