What is Hail?

A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...

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

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

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

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

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

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

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