What is Cirriform?

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

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

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

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

The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

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