What is Blowing Snow?

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

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

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

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

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

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

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