What is Barometer?

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

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

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

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

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

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

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