What is Air Mass?

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

Perhaps you have come across them, maybe you are seeing them for the first time. These clouds, known as wave clouds, resemble...

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

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

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

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

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...