What is Ceiling?
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
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The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...
Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...
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Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...
A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...