The amount of water vapor in the air. A situation where temperature increases as you go higher up in the air. For example, an inversion is needed in order to have freezing rain occur. A band of strong winds located between eight and twelve miles up in the atmosphere. The electrical discharge from a thunderstorm cloud.
Lightning is responsible for more deaths in Florida, by far, than any other weather-related cause.
A persistent seasonal wind and rainfall pattern that occurs over parts of Asia and Africa, as well as the southwest United States. A low pressure system which tracks along the east coast of the United States, usually during fall and winter. A condition where warm moist air rides up an over cooler air at the surface, usually resulting in precipitation. A form of oxygen having 3 molecules, found in the upper atmosphere. Ozone filters out much of the harmful ultra-violet radiation of the sun.