What is Gale?

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

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

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...