What is Humidity?

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

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

The amount of water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

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

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

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

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

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