What is Orographic Lift?

A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

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

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...