What is Trough?

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

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 thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

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

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