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

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

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

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

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

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

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