What is Cirriform?

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

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

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

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

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

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

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...