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

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

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

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A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...