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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 occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

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

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

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

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.