What is Blowing Snow?

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

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

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...

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

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the Earth's surface, significantly reducing visibility.

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

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