What is Cumulus?
Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds under the right conditions.
Schedule a Demo Today
A new era is starting with fundamentally new forecasting with unprecedented precision!
Contact UsGlossary
Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...
An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...
A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...
A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
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 bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...
An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...