What is Arctic Air?

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

Weather is the day-to-day meteorological conditions that happen in our atmosphere. Weather can change within minutes, which...

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

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

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

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

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