What is Cirriform?

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

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

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

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

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

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

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

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

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

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