What is Climatology?

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

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

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

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

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

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

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

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

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