What is Air Mass?

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

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

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

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

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

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....