What is Air Mass?

The amount of water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

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

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

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

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

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.