What is Occluded Front?

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

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

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

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

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

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

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

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.