What is Blowing Snow?

The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

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

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

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

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

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