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What is Arctic Air?

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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Glossary

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...