What is Arctic Air?

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

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

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

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

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

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

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