What is Blowing Snow?

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

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

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

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

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

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

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

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

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