What is Broken Clouds?

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

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

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

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

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

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

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

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...