What is Blowing Snow?

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

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

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

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

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

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

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

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