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.

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

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

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...