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What is Air Mass?

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

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Glossary

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

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 heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

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

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

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

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...