What is Arctic High?

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

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

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

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

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

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

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

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