What is Blowing Snow?

The narrow region between 35-40 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, lying between the tropical...

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

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

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

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

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

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...