What is Arctic Air?

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

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

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

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

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

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

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...