What is Climatology?

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

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

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

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

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

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

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

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

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