What is Blowing Snow?

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

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

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

Perhaps you have come across them, maybe you are seeing them for the first time. These clouds, known as wave clouds, resemble...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

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

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

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...