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What is Sublimation?

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

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A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

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

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...

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

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

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

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

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