What is Ceiling?
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
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The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.
The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...
Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...
Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.
Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...
A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...
A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...