What is Blowing Snow?

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

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

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

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

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.