What is Climatology?

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

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

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

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

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

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.