What is Air Mass?

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

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

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

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

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

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...