What is Arctic High?

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

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

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

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

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

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

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.