What is Cirriform?

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

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

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

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...