What is Air Mass?

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

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

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

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

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

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

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

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

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...