What is Barometer?

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

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

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

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