What is Climatology?

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

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

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

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

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

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

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.

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

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