What is Lightning?

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.

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

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

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...