What is Climatology?

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

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

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

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

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...