Home > Blossary: Weather
A list of weather definitions, terms used by meteorologists, forecasters, weather observers, and in weather forecasts

Category: Arts

33 Terms

Created by: Mona Liza

Number of Blossarys: 1

My Terms
Collected Terms

A unit of length used in marine navigation that is equal to a minute of arc of a great circle on a sphere. One international nautical mile is equivalent to 1,852 meters or 1.151 statue miles.

Domain: Natural environment; Category: General

An instrument used for measuring the change in atmospheric pressure. It uses a long glass tube, open at one end and closed at the other. After first filling the open end with mercury, it is then ...

Domain: Natural environment; Category: General

A sudden and visible discharge of electricity produced in response to the build up of electrical potential between cloud and ground, between clouds, within a single cloud, or between a cloud and ...

Domain: Natural environment; Category: Atmosphere

A complex atmospheric zone of ionized gases that extends between 50 and 400 miles (80 to 640 kilometers) above the earth's surface. It is located between the mesosphere and the exosphere and is ...

Domain: Natural environment; Category: Atmosphere

The ring of light that seems to encircle the sun or moon when veiled by cirrus clouds. To produce this phenomena, the ice crystals must be in a heterogeneous arrangement to refract the sunlight. The ...

Domain: Natural environment; Category: General

On the Beaufort Wind Scale, a wind with speeds from 28 to 55 knots (32 to 63 miles per hour). For marine interests, it can be categorized as a moderate gale (28 to 33 knots), a fresh gale (34 to 40 ...

Domain: Natural environment; Category: Atmosphere

The elements of cumulus and stratus clouds that appear in irregular fragments, as if they had been shred or torn. Never appears in cirrus clouds. Also known as scud.

Domain: Natural environment; Category: Atmosphere

Member comments


( You can type up to 200 characters )

Post  
Other Arts Blossarys

Go for the best wedding invitation printing ...

Category: Arts

By: sera1789corner

Glossário sobre o cinema de animação, traz os ...

Category: Arts

By: beccamonteiro

zero

Category: Arts

By: dsfdsfsdf

This is a multipurpose responsive website ...

Category: Arts

By: templateonweb