What is Air Mass?

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

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

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

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

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

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...