What is Blowing Snow?

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

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

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

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

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

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

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

The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...