What is Air Mass?

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

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

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

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

Perhaps you have come across them, maybe you are seeing them for the first time. These clouds, known as wave clouds, resemble...

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

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

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.