What is Arctic High?

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

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

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

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

The belt between 50-70 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, adjacent to the Polar Region. Although...

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...