What is Air Mass?

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

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 bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...