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 decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...
The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....
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A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.
A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...
A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...
Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...