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 names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...
Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.
A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...
A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...
The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...
The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...
A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...
The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...