What is Aerodynamics?

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

The amount of water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.

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

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

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

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...

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

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

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

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