What is Cirriform?

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

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

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

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

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

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.