What is Cirriform?

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

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

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

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

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