What is Blowing Snow?

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

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

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

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

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

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

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

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...