What is Occluded Front?

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

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

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

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

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...