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Snow garland

Weather; General weather

Snow appearing as a beautiful long thick rope draped on trees, fences and other objects. Formed by the surface tension of thin films of water bonding individual snow crystals.

Catalina eddy

Weather; General weather

A weak low pressure circulation that may form off the Southern California coast.

Broken

Weather; General weather

The amount of sky cover for a cloud layer between 5/8ths and 7/8ths, based on the summation layer amount for that layer.

Precipitation in the form of slowly falling, singular or unbranched ice needles, columns, or plates. They make up cirriform clouds, frost, and ice fog. Also, they produce optical phenomena such as ...

Snow cover

Weather; General weather

The areal extent of ground covered by the snow. It is usually expressed as a percent of the total area of a given region.

Bubble high

Weather; General weather

A small high that may be created by precipitation and vertical instability associated with thunderstorm activity. A product of downdrafts, it is relatively cold and often has the characteristics of a ...

Ice fog

Weather; General weather

Fog that is composed of minute ice particles. It occurs in very low temperatures under clear, calm conditions in the polar latitudes, and may produce a halo around the sun or moon.