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Lifting condensation level (LCL)

Weather; General weather

The height at which a parcel of moist air becomes saturated when it is lifted dry adiabatically.

Stratopause

Weather; General weather

The boundary zone or transition layer between the stratosphere and the mesosphere. characterised by a decrease in temperature with increasing altitude.

Cold advection

Weather; General weather

The horizontal movement of colder air into a location. Contrast with warm advection.

A sudden and visible discharge of electricity produced in a thunderstorm, creating a flash of light generated by the flow of electrons between opposite charged parts of a cumulonimbus cloud. This can ...

Stratosphere

Weather; General weather

The layer of the atmosphere located between the troposphere and the mesosphere, characterised by a slight temperature increase and absence of clouds. It extends between 11 and 31 miles (17 to 50 ...

Cold air funnel

Weather; General weather

Funnel clouds, usually short-lived, that develop from relatively small showers or thunderstorms when the air aloft is very in cold. Cold air funnels may touch down briefly, but in general are less ...

Cold wave

Weather; General weather

A rapid fall in temperature within twenty-four hours to temperatures requiring substantially increased protection to agriculture, industry, commerce, and social activities. National Weather Service ...