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What is Atmospheric River?

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

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Glossary

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

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

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

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

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

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

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...