What is Baroclinicity?
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces of constant pressure intersect with surfaces of constant temperature.
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Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.
A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...
A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...
The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...
A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.