What is Humidity?

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

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

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

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

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

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

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

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

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

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