What is Climatology?

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

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

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

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

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

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

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