What is Baroclinicity?
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces of constant pressure intersect with surfaces of constant temperature.
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A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...
The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.
Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...
The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....
A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...
An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....