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What is Arctic Air?

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

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A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

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

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

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

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

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

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...