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 large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...
Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...
A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...
A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...