What is Sublimation?

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

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

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

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

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

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

The belt between 50-70 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, adjacent to the Polar Region. Although...

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...