General weather

General weather

Of or pertaining to weather

Industry: Weather

Add a new term

Contributors in General weather

Become a Contributors

General weather

Wall cloud

Weather; General weather

An abrupt lowering of a cloud from its parent cloud base, a cumulonimbus or supercell with no visible precipitation underneath. Forming in the area of a thunderstorm updraft, or inflow area, it ...

Also referred to as an outflow boundary, it is the outward flow of air from a system, such as a thunderstorm. It is the result of cold downdrafts and its passage includes a wind shift and temperature ...

Orographic lifting

Weather; General weather

Where the flow of air is forced up and over barriers such as highlands or mountains. Moist air being forced aloft begins to cool, consequently condensation forms, and rain or snow begins to fall. By ...

Drought

Weather; General weather

Abnormal dry weather for a specific area that is sufficiently prolonged for the lack of water to cause serious hydrological imbalance.

Plow/plough wind

Weather; General weather

The spreading downdraft and strong straight-line winds preceding a thunderstorm. So called in the American Midwest because of its ability to flatten tall grasses as it passes. See first gust.

Unstable/ instability

Weather; General weather

Occurs when a rising air parcel becomes less dense than the surrounding air. Since its temperature will not cool as rapidly as the surrounding environment, it will continue to rise on its own. Refer ...