Archives: Weather Model terms

  • September 24, 2024
    - A violently rotating column of air usually forming a pendant from a cumulus/cumulonimbus cloud, occurring over a body of…
  • September 24, 2024
    - identifies a relatively large area in which hazardous or severe weather might occur. The watch is only an indication…
  • September 24, 2024
    - is issued when severe or hazardous weather has already developed and has been reported by spotters or indicated by…
  • September 24, 2024
    - A boundary between a warm airmass that is replacing a cooler airmass.
  • September 24, 2024
    - An isolated lowering of a cloud that is attached to the rain-free base of a thunderstorm, generally to the…
  • September 24, 2024
    - Warm Air Advection
  • September 24, 2024
  • September 24, 2024
    A measure of the amount of "spin" (rotation) and "shear" in the atmosphere.