What is Isobar?
A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.
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The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...
A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...
Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...
A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...