A meteorological phenomenon is a weatherevent which can be explained by the principles of meteorology. Weather is an all-encompassing term used to describe all of the many and varied phenomena that can occur in the atmosphere of a planet. ... A phenomenon (plural: phenomena) is an observable event, particularly something special (literally something that can be seen, derived from the Greek word phainomenon = observable). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
In meteorology, an air mass is a large volume of air having fairly uniform characteristics of temperature, atmospheric pressure, and water vapor content. ... In meteorology, an anticyclone (i. ... Arctic cyclones are vast areas of low pressure. ... Cumulus of fair weather Different cloud types A cloud is a visible mass of condensed droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of the Earth or another planetary body. ... A drought usually refers to an extended period of below-normal rainfall. ... Dust devil in Johnsonville, South Carolina A dust devil or whirlwind is a rotating updraft, ranging from small (half a meter wide and a few meters tall) to large (over 10 meters wide and over 1000 meters tall). ... This article or section needs to be wikified. ... Extratropical cyclones lie somewhere in between tropical cyclones and mid-latitude cyclones, drawing a portion of their energy through the evaporation and condensation of ocean water, and some through horizontal temperature gradients in the atmosphere. ... Look up Hail, hail in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about weather phenomena. ... Lightning strikes the Eiffel Tower 1906 — one of the first photographs of lightning in an urban environment Lightning is a powerful natural electrostatic discharge produced during a thunderstorm. ... This article or section may be confusing for some readers, and should be edited to be clearer or more simplified. ... Rain falling For other uses see Rain (disambiguation). ... Sleet can refer to at least two different forms of precipitation. ... Animation of snowcover changing with the seasons. ... A squall or squall line is an organized line of thunderstorms. ... A subtropical cyclone is a weather system that has some characteristics of a tropical cyclone and some characteristics of an extratropical cyclone. ... Satellite view of a supercell A supercell is a severe thunderstorm with a deep rotating updraft (a mesocyclone) [1]. Supercell thunderstorms are the largest, most severe class of single-cell thunderstorms. ... Smoke rising in Lochcarron is stopped by an overlying layer of warmer air. ... Thunder is the sound of the shockwave caused when lightning instantly heats the air around it to up to 30 000 °C (54 000 °F). ... A tornado in central Oklahoma. ... This article is about weather phenomena. ... A guide to the symbols for weather fronts that may be found on a weather map: 1. ... Wind is the roughly horizontal movement of air (as opposed to an air current) caused by uneven heating of the Earths surface. ...
Diamond dust is the name commonly used to refer to a ground-level cloud composed of tiny ice crystals. ... A rain of fish is a term used to describe the rare occasion of when fish fall from the sky after being picked up by an approaching tornado and subsequently dropped onto land. ... Full featured rainbow in Wrangell-St. ... A sun shower is an unusual meteorological phenomenon in which rain falls from a cloudless sky due to temperature and humidity fluctuations in the atmosphere. ... An unusually pronounced sundog produced by sunlight passing through thin cirrus clouds. ... Thundersnow is a particularly rare meteorological phenomenon that includes the typical behavior of a thunderstorm but with snow falling as the primary precipitation instead of rain. ...
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