What is Mesocyclone?
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with a funnel cloud or tornado cloud beneath it and detectable on Doppler radar.
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The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
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A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...
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