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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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Glossary

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

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

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

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

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

Weather is the day-to-day meteorological conditions that happen in our atmosphere. Weather can change within minutes, which...