What is Adiabatic Gradient?
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1 °C per 100 m. For moist air, this value can drop to 0.4 °C.
Schedule a Demo Today
A new era is starting with fundamentally new forecasting with unprecedented precision!
Contact UsGlossary
A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.
A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...
Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.
Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...
A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...
The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.
A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...