What is Arctic Air?

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

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

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

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

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

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

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...