What is Blowing Snow?

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

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

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

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

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

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

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