What is Circulation?

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

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

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...

The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

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

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

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