What is Arctic Air?

Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

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

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

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

The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

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

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...