What is Cirriform?

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

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

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

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

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

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...