Dark blue cloudy sky

What is Air Mass?

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

Schedule a Demo Today

A new era is starting with fundamentally new forecasting with unprecedented precision!

Contact Us

Glossary

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.

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

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

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

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

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

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...