What is Climatology?

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

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

Weather is the day-to-day meteorological conditions that happen in our atmosphere. Weather can change within minutes, which...

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

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...