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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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A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

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

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...