What is Orographic Lift?
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
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Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...
An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...
A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.
A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...
Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...
A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.