What is Blowing Snow?

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...

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

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...