What is Cumulus?

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds under the right conditions.

Glossary

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

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

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

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

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the Earth's surface, significantly reducing visibility.

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

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