What is Convection?
Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It is a key process in cloud formation and weather dynamics.
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The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...
The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....
A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...
A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...
CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...
The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.
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A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...