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What is Trough?

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms and rain.

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Glossary

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

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

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

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