What is Barometer?

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

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

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...

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

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

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...