What is Climatology?

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

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

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

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

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

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...