What is Saturation?

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

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 sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...