A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening now, developing as we speak, and is minutes away. This weather hazard poses a threat to life and property.

Glossary

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

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

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

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

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

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

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

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

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

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