What is Climatology?

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

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

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

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

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.