What is Climatology?

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.

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

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

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

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

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

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

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