What is Isobar?

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

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

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

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

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

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

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.