What is Air Mass?

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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

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

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...

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

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....