What is Climatology?

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

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 water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.

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 prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

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

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

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...