COLD FRONT
– The boundary between a cold air mass that is advancing and a relatively warmer airmass. Generally characterized by steady precipitation followed by showery precipitation.
CONDENSATION
– The process of gas changing to liquid. The process by which water vapor changes into water droplets and clouds.
CONDENSATION PRESSURE DEFICIT
(COND PRES DEF)
CONDUCTION
– the transfer of heat between bodies that are in contact.
CONFLUENCE
– A 2-D process in which airstreams move toward each other at some angle.
CONQ
– Converging Q vectors. Indicates air will rises due to low level warm air advection and/or upper level divergence
CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS
– Between 7/10 and 8/10 cloud cover.
CONTINENTAL AIR MASS
– A dry air mass originating over a large land area.