What is Blowing Snow?

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

Weather is the day-to-day meteorological conditions that happen in our atmosphere. Weather can change within minutes, which...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....

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

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...