Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Severe weather can occur under a variety of situations, but three characteristics are generally needed: a temperature or moisture boundary, moisture, and (in the event of severe, precipitation-based events) instability in the atmosphere.
Map of regions covered by the 122 Weather Forecast Offices. The National Weather Service operates 122 weather forecast offices. [1] [2] Each weather forecast office (WFO or NWSFO) has a geographic area of responsibility, also known as a county warning area, for issuing local public, marine, aviation, fire, and hydrology forecasts.
Top weather news for Friday, Feb. 21, 2025: Friday brings the final day of the record-breaking arctic outbreak that has frozen the central U.S., but the danger isn't over. More… AccuWeather 1 ...
Also actiniform. Describing a collection of low-lying, radially structured clouds with distinct shapes (resembling leaves or wheels in satellite imagery), and typically organized in extensive mesoscale fields over marine environments. They are closely related to and sometimes considered a variant of stratocumulus clouds. actinometer A scientific instrument used to measure the heating power of ...
Wind vane (also called a weather vane or a weathercock) for showing the wind direction; Present Weather/Precipitation Identification Sensor for identifying falling precipitation; Disdrometer for measuring drop size distribution; Transmissometer for measuring visibility; Ceilometer for measuring cloud ceiling
Upgrade to a faster, more secure version of a supported browser. It's free and it only takes a few moments:
See Severe weather terminology (United States) and/or Severe weather terminology (Canada) for comprehensive articles concerning specific nations' warnings, watches, advisories and related terms. Pages in category "Weather warnings and advisories"
This is a list of notable weather services. Criteria for inclusion: weather service is notable enough to have its own article on Wikipedia;