What is Blowing Snow?

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

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

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

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

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

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

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

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

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

Perhaps you have come across them, maybe you are seeing them for the first time. These clouds, known as wave clouds, resemble...