What is Climatology?

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

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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

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 line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

Perhaps you have come across them, maybe you are seeing them for the first time. These clouds, known as wave clouds, resemble...