What is Blowing Snow?

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

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

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

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

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

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...

The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...