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

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

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.