What is Orographic Lift?
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
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The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.
Perhaps you have come across them, maybe you are seeing them for the first time. These clouds, known as wave clouds, resemble...
An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...
The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.
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.
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...