General weather

General weather

Of or pertaining to weather

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General weather

A diurnal coastal breeze that blows onshore, from the sea to the land. It is caused by the temperature difference when the surface of the land is warmer than the adjacent body of water. Predominate ...

Awips

Weather; General weather

Acronym for Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System. It is the computerised system that processes NEXRAD and ASOS data received at National Weather Service Forecast Offices.

Halo

Weather; General weather

The ring of light that seems to encircle the sun or moon when veiled by cirrus clouds. To produce this phenomena, the ice crystals must be in a heterogeneous arrangement to refract the sunlight. The ...

Sea breeze front

Weather; General weather

A coastal phenomena, it is restricted to large bodies of water and their immediate coast lines. This is usually the landward extent of the sea breeze. Due to the imbalance of heating between land and ...

Haze

Weather; General weather

A suspension of fine dust and/or smoke particles in the air. Invisible to the naked eye, the particles reduce visibility by being sufficiently numerous to give the air an opalescent appearance. It is ...

Gust

Weather; General weather

A sudden significant increase in or rapid fluctuations of wind speed. Peak wind must reach at least 16 knots (18 miles per hour) and the variation between peaks and lulls is at least 10 knots (11.5 ...