What is Blowing Snow?

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

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

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

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...