What is Climatology?

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

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.

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

The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

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

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.