What is Air Mass?

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

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

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

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

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.