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A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening now, developing as we speak, and is minutes away. This weather hazard poses a threat to life and property.
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An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...
A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...
The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.
An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...
A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.