What is Blowing Snow?

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

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

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

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

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