What is Blowing Snow?

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

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

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...