What is Air Mass?

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

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

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

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

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...

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