What is Arctic High?

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

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

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

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

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

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....