Dark blue cloudy sky

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.

Schedule a Demo Today

A new era is starting with fundamentally new forecasting with unprecedented precision!

Contact Us

Glossary

Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

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

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.