What is Air Mass?

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

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

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

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