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Photometer

Weather; General weather

Any of a number of atmospheric phenomena which appear as luminous patterns in the sky. They do not directly cause adverse weather. They include halos, coronas, rainbows, and fogbows.

Occluded front

Weather; General weather

Also known as an occlusion, it is a complex front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front. It develops when three thermally different air masses conflict. The type of frontal boundary they ...

Perihelion

Weather; General weather

The point of the earth's orbit that is nearest to the sun. Although the position is part of a 21,000 year cycle, currently it occurs around January, when the earth is about 3 million miles closer to ...

Eclipse

Weather; General weather

The obscuring of one celestial body by another. See lunar eclipse or solar eclipse.

Downslope effect

Weather; General weather

The warming of an air flow as it descends a hill or mountain slope. Contrast with an upslope effect.

Echo

Weather; General weather

The energy return of a radar signal after it has hit the target. Also called a radar echo.

Upwind

Weather; General weather

The direction from which the wind is blowing. Also the windward side of an object. The opposite of the downwind or leeward side.

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