What is Blowing Snow?

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

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

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

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

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

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...