What is Blowing Snow?

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

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

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

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

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

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

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...