What is Air Mass?

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

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

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

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...

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

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...