What is Blowing Snow?

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

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

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

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

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

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

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...