What is Thermocline?

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

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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

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 distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

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

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

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

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...