What is Cirriform?

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

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

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

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

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

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...