Dark blue cloudy sky

What is Adiabatic Gradient?

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1 °C per 100 m. For moist air, this value can drop to 0.4 °C.

Schedule a Demo Today

A new era is starting with fundamentally new forecasting with unprecedented precision!

Contact Us

Glossary

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

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

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

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

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

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.