What is Air Mass?

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

The amount of water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

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