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Coromell

Weather; General weather

The prevailing evening land breeze which takes place from November to May in the vicinity of La Paz, at the southern tip of Baja California, Mexico.

Meridional flow

Weather; General weather

Atmospheric circulation in which the north and south, or meridional, component of motion is unusually pronounced. This weakens the zonal flow.

Terminal doppler weather radar (TDWR)

Weather; General weather

Doppler radar installed at major airports throughout the United States to detect microbursts.

Corona

Weather; General weather

A pastel halo around the moon or sun created by the diffraction of water droplets. The droplets in the cloud, such as cirrostratus, and the cloud layer itself must be almost perfectly uniform in ...

Mesocyclone

Weather; General weather

A area of rotation of storm size that may be found on the southwest part of a supercell. Its circulation is much larger than the tornado that may develop within it. Originally a radar term for a ...

Terrestrial radiation

Weather; General weather

Long wave radiation that is emitted by the earth back into the atmosphere. Most of it is absorbed by the water vapour in the atmosphere, while less than ten percent is radiated directly into space.

Corposant

Weather; General weather

A luminous, and often audible, electric discharge that is intermediate in nature. It occurs from objects, especially pointed ones, when the electrical field strength near their surfaces attains a ...