What is Weather Intelligence?

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

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

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

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

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

A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...