What is Lightning?
A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.
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Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...
A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.
An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...
The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...
The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...