What is Cirrocumulus?

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

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

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

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

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

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

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...