What is Ceiling?

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

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

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

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.