What is Gale?

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

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

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

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

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

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

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

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

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