What is Subtropical Jet?
The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and a change in wind direction. The jet is located between 25 and 35 degrees N latitude and approximately 40,000 feet above ground. The position of the jet shifts southward in winter and northward in summer.
Glossary
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...
The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...
The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...
A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...
The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...
Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.
Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.
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