What is Atmospheric River?
A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.
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Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...
A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...
An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....
Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...
A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.