What is Blowing Dust Or Sand?

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

Glossary

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

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