What is Arctic High?

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

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

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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

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

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

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

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