Meteorology

Meteorology

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Ostria

Weather; Meteorology

A warm southerly wind on the Bulgarian coast; it is considered a precursor of bad weather. See austru; compare lodos.

Nocturnal cold-air jet flowing out of the mouth of a valley or canyon as it opens onto a plain. When the flow is fully developed, its depth near the exit is about the same as the height of the valley ...

Outgoing longwave radiation

Weather; Meteorology

The radiative character of energy radiated from the warmer earth to cooler space, often derived from window channel measurements from satellites in polar orbit.

Outlet glacier

Weather; Meteorology

A valley glacier that drains an ice sheet or ice cap and flows through a gap in peripheral mountains.

Outflow boundary

Weather; Meteorology

A surface boundary formed by the horizontal spreading of thunderstorm-cooled air. Outflow boundaries may intersect with each other or with other features (fronts, low-level jets) and act to focus new ...