What is Arctic High?

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

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

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...