What is Blowing Snow?

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...

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

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

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

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...

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

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

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