What is Cirriform?

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...

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

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...