What is Hail?

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

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

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

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

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

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