What is Hail?

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

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

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

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

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