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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Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...
A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...
CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...
A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...
Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.
A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...
A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...