What is Blowing Snow?

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

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...

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

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

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.