What is Hail?

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

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

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

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

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

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

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

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

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

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.