What is Broken Clouds?

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

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

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

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

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

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

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

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