What is Cirriform?

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....

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

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

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...