What is Climatology?

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

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

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

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

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

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.