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 process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...
The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.
A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...
A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...
A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...