What is Blowing Snow?

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

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

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

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

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

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

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

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

A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...