What is Blowing Snow?

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

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

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.

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

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

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

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

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

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