General weather

General weather

Of or pertaining to weather

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General weather

Composed of flattened thick, gray, globular masses, this middle cloud genus is primarily made of water droplets. In the mid-latitudes, cloud bases are usually found between 8,000 and 18,000 feet. A ...

fujita-pearson scale

Weather; General weather

A scale that classifies the severity of wind damage intensity based on the degree of destruction as it relates to the wind speed as well as path length and path width of the event. It is normally ...

relative humidity

Weather; General weather

At a given ambient air temperature, the dimensionless ratio between the actual vapor pressure of air to the saturation vapor pressure. Corresponding ratios of mixing ratio can be substituted. ...

altocumulus castellanus

Weather; General weather

A middle cloud with vertical development that forms from altocumulus clouds. It is composed primarily of ice crystals in its higher portions and characterized by its turrets, protuberances, or ...

funnel cloud

Weather; General weather

A violent, rotating column of air visibly extending from the base of a towering cumulus or cumulonimbus toward the ground, but not in contact with it. It is reported as "FC" in an observation and on ...

relative vorticity

Weather; General weather

The sum of the rotation of an air parcel about the axis of the pressure system and the rotation of the parcel about its own axis. Refer to vorticity.

altostratus

Weather; General weather

This middle cloud genus is composed of water droplets, and sometimes ice crystals. In the mid-latitudes, cloud bases are generally found between 15,000 and 20,000 feet. White to gray in color, it can ...