What is Blowing Snow?

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

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

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

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

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

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