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What is Occluded Front?

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix of weather conditions.

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The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

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

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...