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General weather

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Fetch

Weather; General weather

An area of the water surface over which waves are generated by a wind having a constant direction and speed. Also, the name given to the length of the fetch area, measured in the direction of the ...

Pressure gradient

Weather; General weather

The amount of pressure change that occurs over a fixed distance at a fixed altitude.

Weathering

Weather; General weather

The decay and breakup of rocks on the earth's surface by natural chemical and mechanical processes. The mechanical action includes large changes of temperature, high temperatures, frost, or the ...

Few

Weather; General weather

The amount of sky cover for a cloud layer between 1/8th and 2/8ths, based on the summation layer amount for that layer.

Pressure jump

Weather; General weather

A sudden increase in the observed atmospheric pressure or station pressure.

A diurnal coastal breeze that blows offshore, from the land to the sea. It is caused by the temperature difference when the sea surface is warmer than the adjacent land. Predominate during the night, ...

Knot

Weather; General weather

A nautical unit of speed equal to the velocity at which one nautical mile is travelled in one hour. Used primarily by marine interests and in weather observations. A knot is equivalent to 1.151 ...