What is Broken Clouds?

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

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

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

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

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

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

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

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

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

The belt between 50-70 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, adjacent to the Polar Region. Although...