a boundary between two air masses

A small, very intense cyclonic storm with exceedingly high winds, most often produced along cold fronts in conjunction with severe thunderstorms

Region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. The sun's rays are most intense and the temperatures are always warm.

Region north of the Tropic of Cancer and south of the Tropic of Capricorn. The sun's rays strike the Earth at smaller angle than the tropical zone.

The regions covering the north and south poles (66.5° north and south latitudes and the poles). The sun's rays strike at a very small angle.

a front where warm air moves over cold air and brings drizzly rain and then are followed by warm and clear weather

A front where cold air moves in under a warm air mass.

A situation in which the surface position of a front does not move

a climate with high temperatures and high annual precipitation

a climate that is transitional between the wet tropics and the subtropical steppes

A climate generally located on the eastern side of a continent and characterized by hot, sultry summers and cool winters

The heating of the Earth's surface and atmosphere from solar radiation being absorbed and emitted by the atmosphere, mainly by water vapor and carbon dioxide

An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)

climate with limited precipitation, cool summers, and very cold winters