To understand frontal systems and the atmospheric dynamics, refer to the article on air masses and their source regions. Fronts are the separation between air masses and the leading edge of an air...
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What is a tornado? A violently rotating column of air or pendant which extends from the base from a cumulonimbus cloud or underneath a cumuliform cloud, and often (but not always) visible as a...
To further understand frontal systems and the atmospheric dynamics, refer to the article on air masses and their source regions. In this article, I am going to discuss frontal systems and their...
Warm Fronts A front in which a warmer air mass is advancing and replacing a retreating colder air mass is a warm front.A horizontal temperature discontinuity exists across the frontal surface,...
All atmospheric synoptic scale systems either thrive or die with the abundance or lack of divergence aloft. You can judge the intensity of of a system by how far it extends into the upper levels and...
The temperature contrast between air masses is the cause of the jet stream. Referring back to pressure gradient, it is the pressure differences that cause wind. The higher pressure flows towards...