What is Climatology?

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

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

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

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

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 continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

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