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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

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

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

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

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

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

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