What is Blowing Snow?

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

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

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...

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

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...