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Variable ceiling

Weather; General weather

Occurs when the height of a ceiling layer increases and decreases rapidly, The ascribed height is the average of all the varying values.

Divergence

Weather; General weather

Wind movement that results in a horizontal net outflow of air into a particular region. Divergence at lower levels is associated with a downward movement of air from aloft. Contrast with convergence.

A cyclonic storm occurring off the east coast of North America. These winter weather events are notorious for producing heavy snow, rain, and tremendous waves that crash onto Atlantic beaches, often ...

Trough

Weather; General weather

An elongated area of low atmospheric pressure that is associated with an area of minimum cyclonic circulation. The opposite of a ridge.

D-value

Weather; General weather

The deviation of actual altitude along a constant pressure surface from the standard atmosphere altitude of that surface.

Partial obscuration

Weather; General weather

Denotes that 1/8th or more of the sky, but not all of the sky, is hidden by any surface-based phenomena in the atmosphere, excluding precipitation. It often reduces horizontal visibility but not the ...

Veering

Weather; General weather

A change in wind direction that shifts clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere at a certain location. In the Southern Hemisphere, it is counterclockwise. This can either happen in the horizontal or the ...