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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.

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The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

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

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

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