What is Relative Humidity?

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...