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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The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...
Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...
Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...
Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...
The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...