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General weather

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Drifts

Weather; General weather

Normally used when referring to snow or sand, particles are deposited behind obstacles or irregularities of the surface or driven into piles by the wind.

Vortex

Weather; General weather

Any circular or rotary flow in the atmosphere that possesses vorticity.

Refers to the general weather conditions pilots can expect at the surface and applies to the weather situations at an airport during which a pilot must use instruments to assist take off and landing. ...

Snowpack

Weather; General weather

The amount of annual accumulation of snow at higher elevations.

Celestial equator

Weather; General weather

The projection of the plane of the geographical equator upon the celestial sphere.

Instrument shelter

Weather; General weather

A boxlike structure designed to protect temperature measuring instruments from exposure to direct sunshine, precipitation, and condensation, while at the same time time providing adequate ...

Snow pellets

Weather; General weather

Frozen precipitation in the form of white, round or conical opaque grains of ice. Their diameter ranges from 0.08 to 0.2 inch (2 to 5 mm). They are easily crushed and generally break up after ...