What is Blowing Snow?

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

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

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

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

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

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

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.