What is Blowing Snow?

Perhaps you have come across them, maybe you are seeing them for the first time. These clouds, known as wave clouds, resemble...

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

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

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

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