What is Blowing Snow?

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

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

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

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

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