What is Hail?

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

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

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...