What is Blowing Snow?

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

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

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

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...

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

Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...

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

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

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