What is Atmospheric River?

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

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

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

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

The amount of water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.

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