What is Arctic Air?

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

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

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

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

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

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

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