What is Humidity?

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

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

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

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

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

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

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