What is Atmosphere?

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

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

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

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

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

Perhaps you have come across them, maybe you are seeing them for the first time. These clouds, known as wave clouds, resemble...

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

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

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...