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 condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

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

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

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

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

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.