What is Blowing Snow?

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

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 body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

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

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

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

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...