What is Climatology?

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

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

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

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

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

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

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

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...