What is Blowing Snow?

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

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

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

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

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

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

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