What is Dew Point?

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

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

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

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.