What is Climatology?

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

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

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

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

Weather is the day-to-day meteorological conditions that happen in our atmosphere. Weather can change within minutes, which...

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.