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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An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...
A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...
A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...
Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

