What is Humidity?

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

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

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

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

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

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

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...