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Straight-line winds

Weather; General weather

Any surface wind that is not associated with rotation. An example is the first gust from a thunderstorm, as opposed to tornadic winds.

Cloudburst

Weather; General weather

A sudden, heavy rainfall of a showery nature. See downburst.

Level of free convection (LFC)

Weather; General weather

The level at which a parcel of saturated air becomes warmer than the surrounding air and begins to rise freely. This occurs most readily in a conditionally unstable atmosphere.

Clouds composed of water droplets that exhibit no or have very little vertical development. The density of the droplets often blocks sunlight, casting shadows on the earth's surface. Bases of these ...

Coalescence

Weather; General weather

The merging of two water drops into a single larger drop.

Lifted index (LI)

Weather; General weather

A measure of atmospheric instability that is obtained by computing the temperature that the air near the ground would have if it were lifted to a higher level and comparing it to the actual ...

Storm surge

Weather; General weather

The increase in sea water height from the level that would normally occur were there no storm. Although the most dramatic surges are associated with hurricanes, even smaller low pressure systems can ...