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What is Heat Index?

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the 'apparent temperature.'

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A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

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

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

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