What is Continental Air Mass?

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

Schedule a Demo Today

A new era is starting with fundamentally new forecasting with unprecedented precision!

Contact Us

Glossary

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

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

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

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

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

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

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

Istanbul 13°CAnkara 9°CIzmir 19°CHow is your weather?