What is Air Mass?

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...

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

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

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

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...