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 middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...
The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...
The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....
The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....
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 clouds consist of water droplets...
Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...
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A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....
A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.