What is Arctic Air?

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

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

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

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

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

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

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...