What is Arctic Air?

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

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

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

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

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