What is Arctic High?

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

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

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...