What is Cirriform?

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

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

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

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

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

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

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

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...