What is Blowing Snow?

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

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

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

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

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

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

The belt between 50-70 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, adjacent to the Polar Region. Although...

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

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

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...