What is Humidity?

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

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...

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

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

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

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