What is Hail?

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

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

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...