What is Arctic Air?

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

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

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...

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

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

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

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

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

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