What is Air Mass?

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

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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

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

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

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

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...

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

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

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