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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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A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

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

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

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

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

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

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

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

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