What is Cirriform?

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

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

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

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

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

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

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

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...