What is Aerodynamics?

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

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

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

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

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

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

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

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

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...