What is Isobar?
A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.
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A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...
A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the Earth's surface, significantly reducing visibility.
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...
The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....
A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.
The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.