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What is Saturation?

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

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Glossary

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

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

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.