What is CONQ?

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

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

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

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

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

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

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

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...