What is Air Mass?

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

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

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

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

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

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