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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A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...
A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...
The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...
A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...
Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...