What is Climatology?

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

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

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

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

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

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