What is Climatology?

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

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

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

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