What is Climatology?

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

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

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

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

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

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

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

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

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