Archives: Weather Model terms

  • September 24, 2024
    - Ring or arc that seem to encircle the sun or moon. Caused by the refraction of light through the ice crystals…
  • September 24, 2024
    - Precipitation of small balls or other pieces of ice (hailstones) falling separately or frozen together in irregular lumps. (Typically…
  • September 24, 2024
  • September 24, 2024
    - The leading edge of the downdraft from a thunderstorm.
  • September 24, 2024
    - A brief sudden increase in wind speed. Generally the duration is less than 20 seconds and the fluctuation greater…
  • September 24, 2024
    - the period of time between the last killing frost of spring and the first killing frost of autumn
  • September 24, 2024
    - Fog produced over the land by the cooling of the lower atmosphere as it comes in contact with the…
  • September 24, 2024
    The warming of the atmosphere by the trapping of earth's longwave radiation being radiated to space. The gases most responsible…