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

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

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

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...