What is Cardinal Winds?
The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
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The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.
A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.
The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...
An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...
A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...