What is Orographic Lift?

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

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

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

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

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

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