What is Kelvin Helmholtz?
Perhaps you have come across them, maybe you are seeing them for the first time. These clouds, known as wave clouds, resemble ocean waves rolling at equal intervals and are one of the rare types. It is believed that these clouds with their mesmerizing appearance inspired the swirls we see in Vincent Van Gogh's painting "Starry Night." So, how does this type of cloud form? They arise when two different layers of air in our atmosphere move at different speeds and occur when there is a strong vertical shear between the two air currents, causing the winds to blow faster at upper levels than at lower levels.
Glossary
The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...
Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...
A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...
The amount of water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.
Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...
A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...
Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...
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