What is Relative Humidity?

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

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

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

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

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

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

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

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

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