What is Climatology?

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....

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

Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....

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