What is Arctic High?

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

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

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

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

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

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

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

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