What is Blowing Snow?

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

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

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

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

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