What is Air Mass?
A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.
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A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...
A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....
An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....
A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...
The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...
The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...