What is Aerodynamics?

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...