What is Cirriform?

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

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

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

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

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

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

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

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