What is Arctic High?

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

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

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.

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