What is Air Mass?

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

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

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 blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

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

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

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