What is Relative Humidity?

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

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

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

Perhaps you have come across them, maybe you are seeing them for the first time. These clouds, known as wave clouds, resemble...

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

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