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?
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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?
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Glossary of Weather Terms – Beginning with “J”
Curious about what the jet stream is and how it controls your daily weather? Wondering about the difference between the polar jet stream and subtropical jet stream, what a jet streak does to storm development, or what causes the January thaw?
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Glossary of Weather Terms – Beginning with “K”
Wondering what a katabatic wind is and why Santa Ana conditions are so dangerous for wildfires? Curious about knots in weather forecasts, what the K-Index tells meteorologists about thunderstorm potential, or how the Kelvin temperature scale is used in atmospheric science?
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Glossary of Weather Terms – Beginning with “M”
Wondering what a mesocyclone is, how a microburst differs from a macroburst, or what the North American Monsoon means for the Southwest? Trying to understand MCS weather or when the NWS issues a marine weather warning?
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