What is Saturation?

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

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

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

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

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

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 elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...