What is Black Ice?
Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt due to its transparency, thus posing a danger to drivers.
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A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...
A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.
The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...
A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...