What is Advective Thunderstorm?
The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of warm air at lower levels, or a combination of both.
Glossary
The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.
Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...
A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.
Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...
A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.
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