What is Blowing Snow?

Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

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

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

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

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

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

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

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

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