What is Blowing Snow?

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

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

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

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

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

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

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...