What is Air Mass?

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

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

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.