What is Air Mass?

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

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

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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

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 body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...