What is Arctic High?

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

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

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

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

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...