What is Humidity?

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

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

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

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

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

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

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

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...