What is Blowing Snow?

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

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

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

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

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

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

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

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

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