What is Circulation?

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

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

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

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

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

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.