General weather

General weather

Of or pertaining to weather

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General weather

The common unit of depth in the ocean for countries using the English system of measurement. It is six feet or 1.83 meters. It can also be used in expressing horizontal distance, since 120 fathoms is ...

Pressure change

Weather; General weather

The net difference between the barometric pressure at the beginning and ending of a specified interval of time, usually the three hour period preceding an observation.

Wave length

Weather; General weather

The least distance between particles moving in the same phase of oscillation of a wave. In oceanography, it is the horizontal distance between the highest parts of two successive wave crests above ...

Feeder bands

Weather; General weather

In tropical parlance, the lines or bands of thunderstorms that spiral into and around the centre of a tropical system. Also known as outer convective bands, a typical hurricane may have three or more ...

Eye

Weather; General weather

The centre of a tropical storm or hurricane, characterised by a roughly circular area of light winds and rain-free skies. An eye will usually develop when the maximum sustained wind speeds exceed 78 ...

Pre-frontal trough

Weather; General weather

An elongated area of relatively low pressure preceding a cold front that is usually associated with a shift in wind direction. Refer to a trough.

Waterspout

Weather; General weather

A small, weak tornado, which is not formed by a storm-scale rotation. It is generally weaker than a supercell tornado and is not associated with a wall cloud or mesocyclone. It may be observed ...