What is Arctic Air?

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

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

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

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

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

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

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.