What is Orographic Lift?

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

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

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...