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The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows sunlight to enter but prevents heat from escaping.
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Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...
Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...
A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...
A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...
A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.