What is Humidity?

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

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

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

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

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

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

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

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