What is Climatology?

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

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

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

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

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

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