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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

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

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

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

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

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

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

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

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...