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What is Mesocyclone?

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with a funnel cloud or tornado cloud beneath it and detectable on Doppler radar.

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An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the Earth's surface, significantly reducing visibility.

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.