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What is Occluded Front?

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

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Glossary

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

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

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

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

The amount of water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

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