Archives: Weather Model terms

  • September 24, 2024
    ADVECTION- The increasing or decreasing of advection with height. Vorticity advection increasing with height is favorable for uplift as well as…
  • September 24, 2024
    (TDD)
  • September 24, 2024
    - The temperature to which the air must be cooled for water vapor to condense.
  • September 24, 2024
    - Moisture that has condensed on objects near the ground, whose temperatures have fallen below the dewpoint temperature.
  • September 24, 2024
    A cloud, with its base on the surface, which reduces visibility to 1/4 of a mile or less.
  • September 24, 2024
    (DFRMTN ZN)
  • September 24, 2024
    - Dambreaks present a unique flood warning problem. Dams may erode and empty relatively slowly. In these situations, when river…
  • September 24, 2024
    An area of low pressure around which winds blow counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. Also the term used for a…