What is Precipitation?
Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
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A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...
Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...
Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...
The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...
Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...
A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...
Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...
A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...