What is Hail?

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...

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

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...