What is Air Mass?

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

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

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

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

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

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

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

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...