What is Arctic High?

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

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

The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

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

The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

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

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

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