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.

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

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

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

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

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

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