What is Arctic High?

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

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...