What is Cumulonimbus?
A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe weather like hail or tornadoes.
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A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...
A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...
A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...
A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...