What is Blowing Snow?

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

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

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

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

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

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

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