What is Hail?

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

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

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

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

The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...