What is Cirriform?

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

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

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

Weather is the day-to-day meteorological conditions that happen in our atmosphere. Weather can change within minutes, which...

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 amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...