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Celestial sphere

Weather; General weather

The apparent sphere of infinite radius having the earth as it center. All heavenly bodies (planets, stars, etc.) appear on the "inner surface" of this sphere and the sun moves along the ecliptic.

Intermountain high

Weather; General weather

An area of high pressure that occurs during the winter between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra-Cascade ranges. It blocks the eastward movement of Pacific cyclones. Also called Plateau High or ...

The product of moist, cohesive snow that when initiated by wind rolls down a hill, gathering snow until it can no longer move, either due to size or lack of slope. It is shaped like a rolled sleeping ...

Celsius temperature scale

Weather; General weather

A temperature scale where water at sea level has a freezing point of 0 degrees C (Celsius) and a boiling point of +100 degrees C. More commonly used in areas that observe the metric system of ...

International date line

Weather; General weather

The line of longitude located at 180 degrees East or West (with a few local deviations) where the date changes by a day. West of the line it is one day later than east of the line.

Snow shower

Weather; General weather

Frozen precipitation in the form of snow, characterised by its sudden beginning and ending. It is reported as "SHSN" in an observation and on the METAR.

Central pressure

Weather; General weather

The atmospheric pressure at the centre of a high or low. It is the highest pressure in a high and the lowest pressure in a low, referring to the sea level pressure of the system on a surface chart.