What is Hail?

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

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

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

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

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

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

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