What is Hail?

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

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

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

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

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

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

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.