What is Blowing Snow?

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

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

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

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

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

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

The belt between 50-70 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, adjacent to the Polar Region. Although...