What is Arctic Air?

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

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

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

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

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...