What is Blowing Snow?

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

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

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

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...