What is Lightning?

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

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

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...