What is Air Mass?

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

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

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

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

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 large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

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

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

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

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...