What is Climatology?

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

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 low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

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...

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.