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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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Glossary

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

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The belt between 50-70 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, adjacent to the Polar Region. Although...

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

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.