What is Warning?
A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening now, developing as we speak, and is minutes away. This weather hazard poses a threat to life and property.
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A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.
Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...
A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...
A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...