What is Climatology?

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

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

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

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

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

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...