What is Arctic High?

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

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

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

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

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

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...