What is Gale?

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

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

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

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

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

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