What is Blowing Snow?

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

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

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

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...