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

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

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

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

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

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

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