What is Air Mass?

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

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

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 mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...

The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...

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...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...