What is Aerodynamics?

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

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

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

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

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

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

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

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