What is Cirriform?

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

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

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

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

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

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...

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

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

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