What is Blowing Snow?

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

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

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

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

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

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

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

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.