What is Sublimation?

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

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

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

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

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

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

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

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...