What is Air Mass?

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

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

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

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

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.