What is Blowing Snow?

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

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

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

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

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

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...