What is Arctic High?

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...

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

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