What is Blowing Snow?

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

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

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

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

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

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

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...

The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...