What is Warning?
A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening now, developing as we speak, and is minutes away. This weather hazard poses a threat to life and property.
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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...
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....
The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...
A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...
The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....