What is Atmosphere?
The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.
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A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.
A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.
Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...
A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.
Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...