What is Relative Humidity?

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

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

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

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

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...