What is Climatology?

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

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

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

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

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

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

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