What is Relative Humidity?

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

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

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

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

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

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

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.