What is Blowing Snow?

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

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

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

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

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

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

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

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 bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

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