What is Cirriform?

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

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

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

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

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

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

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