What is Cirriform?

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

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

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

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

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

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

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...