What is Climatology?

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

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

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

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

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

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...