What is Air Mass?

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

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