What is Climatology?

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

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

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

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

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

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

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.