What is Blowing Snow?

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

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

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

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

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

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