What is Broken Clouds?

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

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

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

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

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...