What is Climatology?

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

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

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

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

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

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