What is Climatology?

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

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

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

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

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

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