storm systems
Organized atmospheric disturbances
Storm systems are organized patterns of atmospheric disturbance that produce unsettled weather—rain, wind, thunder, snow.
Meteorologists track storm systems as they develop and move across regions: A major storm system is approaching from the west.
The term emphasizes the interconnected nature of weather phenomena rather than isolated events.
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- thunderstormViolent weather with lightning
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
- typhoonWestern Pacific hurricane
- tropical depressionNascent warm-ocean storm
tornado · downdraft · precipitation · barometric pressure · cold front · meteorology · squall line · humidity · updraft · Coriolis effect · jet stream · low pressure · weather satellite · blizzard · anemometer · polar vortex · supercell · severe weather
- climateclimate change, climate, weather, global warming, temperature
- coastal weatherdrizzle, overcast, ocean breeze, cloudy skies, rainfall
- planetary atmospheresatmospheric layers, clouds, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, argon
- planetary featuresvolcano, mountain, crater, canyon, cliff
- Bay of BiscayBay of Biscay, Atlantic coast, Basque Country, Brittany, Aquitaine
- atmosphereair, humidity, atmosphere, temperature, oxygen
storm systemshigh-pressure systems
Atmospheric regions of dense, sinking air
anticyclones · clear skies · fair weather · ridges · settled weather