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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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 branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.
A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...
An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...
The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....
A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...
Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...
A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...
A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...