Meteorology and Weather

• Introduction to Weather: a guide to the articles in this section.
• Theoretical Meteorology: including thermodynamic charts and the wet bulb temperature.
• The Wind: dynamics of the atmosphere, including the Beaufort Scale
• Cloudwatching: the physics and terminology of clouds.
• Atmospheric Radiation: the greenhouse effect and the earth's energy budget.
• Atmospheric Turbulence: seldom noticed, but of great importance.
• Weather Maps: and their interpretation.
• Thunder and Lightning: the convective storm.
• Global Warming: and all that; a perspective.

The illustration, from the BBC, shows a tornado funnel.