What is Climatology?

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

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

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

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

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

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

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...