General weather

General weather

Of or pertaining to weather

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General weather

One of the three basic cloud forms (the others are cirrus and cumulus). It is also one of the two low cloud types. It is a sheetlike cloud that does not exhibit individual elements, and is, perhaps, ...

Cold core thunderstorms

Weather; General weather

Thunderstorms formed primarily due to steep lapse rates, especially when very cold air aloft overlies warmer surface air.

Line echo wave pattern (LEWP)

Weather; General weather

A bulge in a line of thunderstorms, producing a wave-shaped in the line. It is seen as a scalloped radar echo signature and is often associated with severe weather.

Stratus fractus

Weather; General weather

Stratus clouds that appear in irregular fragments, as if they had been shred or torn. Also appears in cumulus clouds (called cumulus fractus), but not in cirrus clouds.

Cold front

Weather; General weather

The leading edge of an advancing cold air mass that is under-running and displacing the warmer air in its path. Generally, with the passage of a cold front, the temperature and humidity decrease, the ...

Lithometeor

Weather; General weather

Atmospheric phenomena which affect the state of the atmosphere. They constitute dry particles that hang suspended in the atmosphere, such as dust, smoke, sand, and haze.

Sublimation

Weather; General weather

The process of a solid (ice) changing directly into a gas (water vapor), or water vapour changing directly into ice, at the same temperature, without ever going through the liquid state (water). The ...