What is Arctic Air?

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

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

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

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