Meteorology

Meteorology

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radiatus

Weather; Meteorology

A cloud variety, the elements of which are arranged in straight parallel bands. Owing to the effect of perspective, these bands seem to converge toward a point on the horizon, or, when the bands ...

A coastal local wind that blows from sea to land, caused by the temperature difference when the sea surface is colder than the adjacent land. Therefore, it usually blows on relatively calm, sunny, ...

perlucidus

Weather; Meteorology

A cloud variety, usually of the species stratiformis, in which distinct spaces between its elements permit the sun, moon, blue sky, or higher clouds to be seen. These openings may be very small. This ...

praecipitatio

Weather; Meteorology

A cloud supplementary feature for precipitation falling from a cloud and apparently reaching the earth's surface. See cloud classification; Compare virga.

stratiformis

Weather; Meteorology

A cloud species consisting of a very extensive horizontal layer or layers that need not be continuous. This species is the most common form of the genera altocumulus and stratocumulus and is ...

subfrontal cloud

Weather; Meteorology

A cloud that forms in the cold air mass below the elevation of the frontal zone. Such clouds can be associated with either a warm front or a cold front.