What is Ceiling?

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

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

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

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...