What is Air Mass?

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...