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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A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

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

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

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

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...