What is Air Mass?

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

The belt between 50-70 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, adjacent to the Polar Region. Although...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

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

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the Earth's surface, significantly reducing visibility.

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

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