What is Hail?
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
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An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...
The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...
The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...
A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...
The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...