What is Subtropical?
The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical and temperate zones. This area is characterized by semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs.
Glossary
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...
A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.
Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...
A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...
Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...
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