What is Lightning?
A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.
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Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.
The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...
The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...
Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...
Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.
The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...