What is Arctic Air?

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

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

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

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

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