What is Broken Clouds?

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

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

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...