What is Climatology?

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 large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

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

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

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

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...