What is Climatology?

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

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

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

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

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

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.