What is Cirriform?

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

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

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

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

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

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...