What is Stationary Front?

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

Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...

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

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.