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What is Cirrocumulus?

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

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Glossary

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

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

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

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...

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

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