What is Arctic Air?

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

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

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

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

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

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

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

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...