What is Broken Clouds?

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

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

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

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.

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

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

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

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