What is Thermocline?

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

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

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

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