What is Occluded Front?

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

Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

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

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

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

The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...