What is Blowing Snow?

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

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

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

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

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

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

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

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