What is Blowing Snow?

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

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

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

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

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

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