What is Broken Clouds?

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

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

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

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...