What is Blowing Snow?

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...

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

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

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

Weather is the day-to-day meteorological conditions that happen in our atmosphere. Weather can change within minutes, which...

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