Monthly Archives: July 2022
Glossary of Weather Terms – Beginning with “A”
A — Wondering about the difference between a weather Watch, Warning, and Advisory? Or what an air mass is, how an atmospheric river causes flooding, or what an anticyclone means for your forecast? Read More…
Glossary of Weather Terms – Beginning with “B”
Looking for the full Beaufort Wind Scale, how weather balloons work, what a Blizzard Warning means, or what a bow echo on radar indicates? Read More…
Glossary of Weather Terms – Beginning with “C”
Looking for a complete cloud types chart, the difference between a Coastal Flood Advisory and Warning, what a cold front means for your weather, or how a cumulonimbus cloud produces a tornado? Read More…
Glossary of Weather Terms – Beginning with “D”
Searching for what a derecho is, what a Dense Fog Advisory means, the dew point meaning, what causes dust storms, or how Doppler radar works? Read More…
Glossary of Weather Terms – Beginning with “E”
Searching for what El Niño is, the difference between El Niño vs La Niña, how the Enhanced Fujita Scale works, the difference between a hurricane eye and eyewall,
or what an extratropical cyclone is? Read More…
Glossary of Weather Terms – Beginning with “F”
Searching for the difference between a flash flood watch and a flash flood warning? Wondering about flash flood warning meaning, what frostbite is, how the Fujita Scale rates tornado damage, what freezing rain versus sleet is, or when a fire weather watch is issued? Read More…
Glossary of Weather Terms – Beginning with “G”
Wondering about gale warning meaning, what graupel is, how a gust front works, what geomagnetic storm effects feel like on the ground, or what a gustnado is? Read More…
Glossary of Weather Terms – Beginning with “H”
Looking for the difference between a Hurricane Watch and Hurricane Warning, what the heat index really means, or the exact High Wind Warning criteria? Read More…
Glossary of Weather Terms – Beginning with “I”
Wondering about the difference between an ice storm warning and a winter storm warning? Or what a temperature inversion does to your local weather, what ice pellets actually are, or how to read isobars on a weather map? Read More…
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