What is Blowing Snow?

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

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...

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

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

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

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

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...