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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Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.
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 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 where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...
A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...