What is Blowing Snow?

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

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

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

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

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