What is Arctic Air?

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

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

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

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

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

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