What is Climatology?

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

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

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

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...