What is Humidity?

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

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

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

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

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

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...