What is Occluded Front?

A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....

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

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

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

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

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