What is Arctic Air?

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

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

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

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

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

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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