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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The amount of water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...
Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.
A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...
A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...