What is Barometer?

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

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

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

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

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