What is Blowing Snow?

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the Earth's surface, significantly reducing visibility.

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

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

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

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

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...