What is Blowing Snow?

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

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

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

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

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

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

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

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