What is Blowing Snow?

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...