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 bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...
A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.
Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...
A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...
A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...