What is Air Mass?

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

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

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

Weather is the day-to-day meteorological conditions that happen in our atmosphere. Weather can change within minutes, which...