What is Cirriform?

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

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

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

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...