What is Climatology?

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

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

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

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...