What is Sublimation?
The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water vapor.
Schedule a Demo Today
A new era is starting with fundamentally new forecasting with unprecedented precision!
Contact UsGlossary
Weather is the day-to-day meteorological conditions that happen in our atmosphere. Weather can change within minutes, which...
A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.
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 bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...
A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...
Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...
A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.