What is Climatology?

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

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

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

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

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

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