What is Cirriform?

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

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

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

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

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

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...