Storm weather rain sky clouds nature sea ocean waves. When we look up it widens our horizons. A advection the horizontal transport of some property of the atmosphere or ocean such as thermal energy humidity or salinityin the context of meteorology the related term convection generally refers to vertical transport. John martin scott vagabonds of the skythe aquarians arizona highways august 1972 clouds though inland far we be. Sexual reproduction any process of reproduction that does involve the fusion of gametes.
National weather service glossary. Ball lightning a relatively rarely seen form of lightning generally consisting of an orange or reddish ball of the order of a few cm to 30cm in diameter and of moderate luminosity which may move up to 1 ms horizontally with a lifetime of a second or two. How far away is that storm. Ablation the process of being removedsnow ablation usually refers to removal by melting.
We see what a little speck we are in the universe so insignificant and we all take ourselves so seriously but in the sky there are no boundaries. Shale fine grained sedimentary rock composed of lithified clay particles. Terms used by meteorologists forecasters weather observers and in weather forecasts compiled from several sources. Do you hear thunder andor see lightning but arent sure if the worst part of the storm has passed.
Describing a collection of low lying radially structured clouds with distinct shapes resembling leaves or wheels in satellite. National weather service glossary. Shear stress stress caused by forces operating parallel to each other but in opposite directions. Local forecast by city st or zip code.