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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A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
The belt between 50-70 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, adjacent to the Polar Region. Although...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...
The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...
The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.