What is Cirriform?

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

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

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

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

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

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

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...