What is Humidity?

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

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

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

The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

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

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