What is Cirrostratus?
A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky white, fibrous or vein-like.
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CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...
The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.
The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....
The amount of water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.
A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...
The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...
Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...