What is Cirrocumulus?

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

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

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

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

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

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

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