What is Climatology?

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

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

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

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

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

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

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

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