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.

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

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...