What is Alto?
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus and altocumulus. These clouds are often associated with changing weather patterns.
Schedule a Demo Today
A new era is starting with fundamentally new forecasting with unprecedented precision!
Contact UsGlossary
CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...
The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.
A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...
A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...
An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...
The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...
Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...
Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...
Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...
The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...