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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A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...
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A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....
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A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.
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A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...
Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.