A snownado is the snow equivalent of a tornado and can be used to describe snow-devils, snow waterspouts, snow landspouts and ...
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Weather words: 'Airglow'

High above your head right now, invisible to your eyes, Earth's atmosphere is glowing with a steady light produced by ...
An Alberta Clipper is a fast-moving winter storm from Canada that brings quick bursts of light snow, gusty winds, and a sharp ...
A Sudden Stratospheric Warming Event describes the rapid warming and disruption of the stratospheric polar vortex above the ...
But what exactly does "wind chill" mean and why does it matter? Meteorologist Derek Witt explains in this “Weather Word of the Week.” ...
Radar beams quite literally move at the speed of light, and when they bounce off an object in the sky and return to the radar site to be collected and analyzed, we called that an “echo.” For weather ...
Anagallis arvensis, commonly known as scarlet pimpernel, is a common European plant that can now be found in many parts of the world. It flowers between June and September, producing small red (or ...