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 decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
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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...
A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.
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In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...