What is Trough?

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

Glossary

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

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

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

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

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

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

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

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

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.

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