What is Occluded Front?

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

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

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

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

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

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.