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What is Blowing Dust Or Sand?

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

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Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

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

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

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

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

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