Dark blue cloudy sky

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.

Schedule a Demo Today

A new era is starting with fundamentally new forecasting with unprecedented precision!

Contact Us

Glossary

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

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

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 body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...