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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Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...
A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.
Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...
A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.
The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
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A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...