What is Broken Clouds?

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

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

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

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

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

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...