What is Broken Clouds?

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

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

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

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

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

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

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

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...