What is Humidity?

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

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

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

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

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

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...