What is Stratus?
A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.
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The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...
Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...
Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...
A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.
The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...