"WIND: A GIFT or A WRATH"

PART-4

Inside Vayu’s mother was watching TV. On seeing them she said, “Oh! Hello kids. You are back. Hello! Sarthak beta. How are you? I came to know about the loss of your cousin brother. I am really sorry beta.”

“Namastey Aunty. Yeah! It was very bad incidence happened in our family.” Sarthak said in a sad tone. By now kids were getting out of that tragic memory but Vayu’s mother brought them back. Vayu stared at her mother that why in the whole world she had to say this. Meanwhile his father also came inside and feeling the tense atmosphere he realized what would have happened. He looked towards his wife who was already feeling very sorry to bring the subject and said, “Darling you know what, Sarthak will be having dinner with us today and I have come to know that he likes Shahi Paneer very much. Would you please cook it for all of us?”

“Oh! That’s great. I was myself thinking to make paneer only. It will be very nice we all be having dinner together. Right Sarthak?” Vayu’s mother said trying to mend her mistake.

“Yes aunty.” Sarthak said in a meek voice.

“Come kids meanwhile the food is being cooked I’ll go and change and then we will play a small game. What do you say?” Vayu’s father said.

“Yeah! That will be great idea dad.”

Sarthak was still in thoughts.

“Ok then Vayu go and bring your G.I. Joes we recently bought.”

Surprised Vayu and Sarthak went to the room and brought the G.I. Joes.

“I don’t know what is Dad thinking of. Sometimes he does very weird things.” Vayu said to Sarthak.

Soon Rajiv came out of his room in night clothes and found that the kids were already on the table waiting for him.

“Ok kids let us begin the game. First of all tell me who wants to be from G.I. Joe gang and who wants to be from Cobra gang?”

“I will be from Cobra gang.” Vayu said instantly.

“Then Sarthak would be from G.I. Joe gang. Are you fine with it Sarthak?” Rajiv said.

“Yes Uncle.”

“Fine then Sarthak hold your best G.I. Joe ninja warrior that is Snake-Eyes who is master of many weapons and is also known as Wolverine of G.I. Joe. On the other hand Vayu will hold all time rival of Snake-Eyes that is Storm Shadow. Storm Shadow is the most powerful ninja among the Cobra pack.”

“Yooo Hoooo! I will kill you Snake-Eyes.”

“You will never succeed in your evil plans Storm Shadow.”

Both the kids were very excited on getting the best of the packs.

“Calm down kids the game is yet to begun.” Rajiv said.

“You must be thinking why we are playing this game. Am I right?”

“Yes dad. Why?” Vayu said.

“Vayu I am going to explain you the concept of Air Masses.”

“Air Masses? What is that Uncle?” Sarthak said.

“When the air remains over an ocean surface or over plains for sufficiently longer time it acquires the characteristics of that surface. This air with distinctive characteristics in terms of temperature and humidity is known as an Air Mass.”

Vayu and Sarthak started looking toward each other feeling bit confused.

“Wait kids, you both will get to know everything.” Rajiv said and further continued “As we know Vayu’s Storm Shadow is very dark and evil, we can say he is Cold hearted and on the other hand Sarthak’s Snake-Eyes is bright and helpful, we can say he is Warm-hearted. Similarly we have two Air Masses one is Cold Air Mass and the other is Warm Air Mass. Now let us mark an area or arena in which the fight will take place. In actual it is a land area surrounded by water and other lands from all sides. Now these Cold and Warm air masses can be further divided depending upon whether they are flowing over land or sea. Air Mass formed over land is called Continental Air Mass and Air Mass formed over sea or ocean is known as Maritime Air Mass.

Now, if they are coming from Polar Regions these air masses can be called as Maritime Polar air mass or Continental Polar air mass. On the other hand if they come from other bodies of land they are known as Maritime Tropical or Continental Tropical. Also Air coming from Polar Regions is very cold and air coming from Tropical Regions is warm. There is one more Air Mass that is formed over Arctic Region known as Arctic Air Mass. This is also a cold air mass.”

Vayu’s father took a brief pause and let the kids grasp. He then continued, “Ok kids let us begin the fight. Vayu’s Storm Shadow is Cold hearted we can call it Cold Air Mass. As we know that cold air sinks so the signature move of Storm Shadow is that it goes down on its opponent. On the other hand Sarthak’s Snake-Eyes is Warm hearted we can call it Warm Air mass. Now, as we know warm air rises so the signature move of Snake-Eyes is to come and rise over its opponent. C’mon kids let us begin the fight. 1…2….3 and Fight.”

“Here I come, Snake-Eyes. You are going to be history.” Vayu said excitingly.

“Not so soon Storm Shadow.” Sarthak said and plunges with equal force.

“Now as you both collide with each other you will be forming a front. Similarly when two air masses collide they form Fronts.”

Both of them started fighting with each other. The battle was very fierce. No one was ready to lose. Both Vayu and Sarthak were giving tough competition to each other.

“See none of you is ready to lose, this stage of the battle can be called stationery as no one is moving ahead. Similarly when Warm and Cold Air masses push each other but neither wins it is called as STATIONARY FRONT. This front causes several days of overcast weather and it drizzle.”

  

Sarthak’s Snake-Eyes then came from up which Vayu saw and kicked with his Storm Shadow to throw Snake-Eyes off balance and up in the air.

“Very good, Vayu that was a nice move.” Rajiv said.

Vayu started jumping in excitement as if he had already won. And Sarthak was feeling bad.

“Calm down Vayu the battle is not yet over. Now as you have beaten Snake-Eyes similarly cold air mass beats Warm air mass to form a COLD FRONT. Because of this Cold Front cumulonimbus clouds are formed in atmosphere which give birth to thunderstorms, hails, tornadoes or cyclones. We will be coming on to it after some time. Let us continue the fight.”

This time Sarthak came slowly with his Snake-Eyes from the top and sneaked over Vayu’s Storm Shadow and attacked Storm Shadow move thus winning the round.

“I must say that was a strong counter attack Sarthak.”

 “Thank you Uncle.” Sarthak said smilingly.

“Kids in actual Warm Air also sneak up the Cold Air in similar way covering whole of the Cold Air Mass and thus forms a WARM FRONT. Since warm air is slow hence, the Warm Front forms stratus cloud due to which there is drizzling for few days.”

“Come everyone dinner is ready. You can continue after wards.” Vayu’s mother shouted from the kitchen.

“Wait honey we are coming in 5 minutes. Let us finish the game kids. One last round. But we will make this round a bit difficult for our hero Snake-Eyes. We will be playing a 2-on-1 Handicap Match. What say kids?” Rajiv said.

“That will be fun Dad. Now I will definitely beat Snake-Eyes.”

“No ways Vayu. Snake-Eyes will win.” Sarthak said.

“That’s the spirit guys. Ok here take Cobra Commander with you Vayu. He is also cold in nature like Storm Shadow depicting another Cold Air Mass. Now, you are 2, Storm Shadow and Cobra Commander against Sarthak’s Snake-Eyes. Let us start.”

Vayu started with Cobra Commander and attacked Sarthak’s Snake-Eyes but Snake-Eyes being stronger then Cobra Commander it sneaked from up and took Cobra Commander in his signature move. Seeing his Commander losing Vayu brought his Storm Shadow inside the arena. He seemed to be really angry so he punched both of them up in the air thus winning the battle.

“Yoooo Hoooo! I won. I won.” Vayu said and started dancing.

Sarthak felt embarrassed that he lost.

“Yes yes Vayu you won. Now stop boasting.” Rajiv said. He then further continued, “Now in terms of fronts this is known as OCCLUDED FRONT in which two cold air masses beat one warm air mass as done by Vayu. Together these three masses form a scattered type of weather conditions. Sometimes its cloudy and sometime it rains but nothing too severe. These are all 4 types of fronts. Come now let’s have dinner otherwise Vayu’s mom will shout again.”

All of them went to the dining table where the food was already laid down. Vayu was still teasing Sarthak for his loss.

“Don’t worry Vayu next time I will win. You will see.” Sarthak said jokingly. With this all of them started their dinner.