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What is Ceiling?

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

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Glossary

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.

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

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

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

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

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.