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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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Glossary

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

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

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

Perhaps you have come across them, maybe you are seeing them for the first time. These clouds, known as wave clouds, resemble...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

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

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