What is Air Mass?

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

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

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

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

Weather is the day-to-day meteorological conditions that happen in our atmosphere. Weather can change within minutes, which...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

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

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...