What is Air Mass?

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.