What is Trough?

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

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

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

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

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

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

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

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