What is Climatology?

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the Earth's surface, significantly reducing visibility.

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

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

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

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....