Archives: Weather Model terms

  • September 24, 2024
    - Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer. Main sensor on U.S. polar orbiting satellites.
  • September 24, 2024
    - a large mass of rapidly moving snow down a steep mountain slope.
  • September 24, 2024
    -Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, located in Palmer, AK.
  • September 24, 2024
    - a long, narrow region in the atmosphere  that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.
  • September 24, 2024
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  • September 24, 2024
    -Automated Surface Observing System. Observes sky conditions, temperature and dewpoint, wind direction and speed, and barometric pressure.
  • September 24, 2024
    - a very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.
  • September 24, 2024
    - a mass of very cold, dry air that usually originates over the Arctic Ocean north of Canada and Alaska.