What is Air Mass?

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...

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 distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

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

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

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