What is Arctic High?

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

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

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

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

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