What is Blowing Snow?

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

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

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

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

Perhaps you have come across them, maybe you are seeing them for the first time. These clouds, known as wave clouds, resemble...

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

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.