FUNNEL CLOUD
– A rotating column of air forming a pendant from a cumulus/cumulonimbus cloud with circulation
FWC
– Forecasted Weather Conditions
G
GALE
GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE
A satellite that rotates at the same rate as the earth, thus remaining over the same spot above the equator.
GOES
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite.
GLAZE
– a layer or coating of ice that is generally smooth and clear, and forms on exposed objects by the freezing of liquid raindrops.
GRADIENT
– the time rate or spatial rate of change of an atmospheric property.