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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 mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

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

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

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

A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...

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

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

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