What is Acid Rain?

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

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

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

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

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

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

Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....