Meteorology Vocabulary

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Definition
Word
Precipitation in the form of ice
Hail
Commonly known as northern lights
Aurora Borealis
Strong winds and heavy snow or blowing snow
Blizzard
Snow, ice, and/or rocks rapidly falling down from a mountainside
Avalanche
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the surface of Earth and a cloud
Tornado
When dust, smoke, and other dry particulates cover the sky
Haze
An instrument used to measure the heating power of radiation
Actinometer
A volume of air defined by temperature and humidity
Air Mass
The gaseous phase of water
Water Vapor
Rapid flooding of dry areas
Flash Flood
A spike of ice that forms when water falling from an object freezes
Icicle
Unit of measurement to describe the amount of cloud cover at a given location
Okta
Turbulent movement of air masses without any visual clues
Clear-Air Turbulence
A layer in the atmosphere between the mesosphere and exosphere
Thermosphere
When the atmosphere traps hot ocean air
Heat Dome
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