What is Humidity?

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

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 decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

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

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

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

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

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...