What is Blowing Snow?

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

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

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

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

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

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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