General weather

General weather

Of or pertaining to weather

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General weather

The historical record and description of average daily and in seasonal weather events that help describe a region. Statistics are generally drawn over several decades. The word is derived from the ...

Clear ice

Weather; General weather

A glossy, clear, or translucent ice formed by the relatively slow freezing of large supercooled in water droplets. The droplets spread out over an object, such as an aircraft wing's leading edge, ...

Stationary front

Weather; General weather

A front which is nearly stationary or moves very little since the last synoptic position. Also known as a quasi-stationary front.

Station elevation

Weather; General weather

The vertical distance above mean sea level that is the reference level for all current measurements of atmospheric pressure at that station.

Lake effect snow

Weather; General weather

Snow showers that are created when cold dry air passes over a large warmer lake, such as one of the Great Lakes, and picks up moisture and heat.

Universal time coordinate

Weather; General weather

One of several names for the twenty-four hour time which is used throughout the scientific and military communities. Other names for this time measurement are Zulu (Z) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Eddy

Weather; General weather

A small disturbance of wind in a large wind flow, which can produce turbulent conditions or turbulence. They can also be areas of warmer air north of the main westerlies or colder air south of the ...