What is Saturation?

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

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

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

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

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

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...