What is Arctic Air?

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

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

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

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

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

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

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...