What is Cirriform?

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

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

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

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

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

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

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

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

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