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Index Acid rain 3
Adret 3 Advection 3 Advection fog 3 Air currents
(see: Current) Airmass 3 Airpressure 4 Airstream 4 Albedo 4 Aleutian low 4 Altitude 4
Alto- 4 Altocumulus 4–5 Altostratus 5 Anemometer 5 Aneroid barometer
(see: Barometer) Anticyclone 6–7 Anticyclonic gloom 7 Arctic air 8
Arctic climate 8
Arctic front 8
Arctic sea smoke 8 Arid climate 8
Aspect 8
Atmosphere 8 Atmospheric pressure 9 Aurora 9
Autumn
(see: Indian summer; Sirocco)
Azores–Bermuda high 9
B
Barometer 9 Barometric pressure
(see: Atmospheric
pressure) Beaufort scale 10 Black ice 10 Blizzard 10 Blustery 11
Bora 11
Breeze 11
Buster 11
Buy’s Ballots Law
(see: Wind) C
Calm 11 Calms 11 Cape Doctor
(see: Doctor, the) Ceiling 11
Chinook 11 Circulation 11 Cirrocumulus cloud 11 Cirrostratus cloud 11 Cirrus cloud 11
City weather 12 Climate 12 Climatic change 12 Cloud 13 Cloudburst 13
Col 13
Cold climate 13 Cold desert climate
(see: Desert;
Desert climate)
Cold front 13 Condensation 13 Conduction 14 Continental climate 14 Convection 14 Convectional rain 14
Cool temperate climate 14 Cool temperate,
dry climate 14 Cumulonimbus cloud 14–15 Cumulus cloud 15
Current 15
Cyclone 15 D
Depression 16–17 Desert 18
Desert climate 18 Dew 18
Dew point 18
Diurnal 18
Doctor, the 18
Dog days 18 Doldrums 18 Downdraught 18 Drizzle 18
Drought 18–19
Dry bulb thermometer
(see: Thermometer) Dry climate 19
Dust Bowl 19
Dust devil 19
Dust storm 19 E
El Niño 19
Equatorial climate 20 Equatorial low 20 Equinox 20 Evaporation 20 Evapotranspiration 20 Eye 20
Eye wall 20
Fall
(see: Indian summer; Sirocco)
Fill, filling 20 Foehn 20
Fog 20
Fortin barometer
(see: Barometer) Freezing point 20 Freezing rain 20 Friagem 20
Front 20–21 Frost 21
G
Gale 21
Glaze 21 Global changes
(see: El Niño;
Greenhouse effect) Greenhouse effect 21 Gulf Stream 22
Gust 22
H
Haboob 22
Hail, hailstones 22 Harmattan 22
Haze 22
Heat 22
Heat island 22
Heat wave 23
High 23
High pressure 23 Hoarfrost 23
Horse latitudes 23
Hot climate 23
Hot desert climate 23 Hot dry climate 23 Humidity 23
Hurricane 24–25 Hurricane-force winds 24
I
Ice 24
Ice climate 24
Ice crystals 25 Icelandic low 25 Indian summer 25
Inversion 25 Isobar 25 Isohyet 26 Isotherm 26
J
Land breeze 26 Latitude 26
Layer cloud 26
Lee, leeward 27 Lightning 27
Local weather 27 Low, low pressure 27
M
Mackerel sky
(see: Altocumulus)
Maritime climate 28 Mediterranean climate 28 Meteorology 28 Mid-latitudes 28 Millibar(mb) 28
Mirage 28 Mist 28 Mistral 28 Moisture 28 Monsoon 29 Mountain and
valley winds 30 Mountain climate 30
N
Nimbostratus 30
Nimbus 31
North Atlantic Drift Northeaster, noreaster 31 Norther 31
Northern lights (see: Aurora)
O
Occluded front, occlusion 31 Ocean currents
(see: Current) Oceans
(see: Advection fog; Air mass; Albedo; Doldrums; Maritime climate; Steam fog; Subtropical high)
Orographic effect 31 Overcast sky 31 Overhead Sun 31 Ozone 31
P
Pacific high 31 Pampero 31 Permafrost
(see: Ice climate) Photochemical smog
(see: Smog)
Polar air 31
Polar climate 32 Polarfront 32 Polar jet stream 32 Polewards 32 Pollution 32 Precipitation 32 Pressure 32 Pressure systems 32
Prevailing westerly winds 32
R
Radiation 32
Radiation fog 32 Radiosonde 32
Rain, raindrop, rainfall 33 Rainbow 34
Raindrops (see: Rain) Rainfall (see: Rain) Rain gauge 34–35 Rain shadow 35 Relative humidity
(see: Humidity) Relief effect
(see: Orographic effect) Relief rain 35
Ridge 35
Rime 35
Rivers
(see: Radiation fog; Steam fog)
S
Sahel 35
SantaAna 35 Saturated air 35
Sea breeze 36 Season 36–37 Semi-arid climate 37 Settled weather 37 Siberian high 37 Simoom 37
Sirocco 37
Sleet 37
Smog 37
Snow 38
Snowbirds 39 Snowflake 39 Southern lights
(see: Aurora) Spring
(see: Bora; Mistral;
Sirocco) Squall 39
Steam fog 39
Storm 39
Storm-force wind 39 Stratocumulus cloud 39 Stratosphere 39
Stratus cloud 40 Subtropical climate
(see: Warm temperate
climate) Subtropical high 41 Subtropical jet stream
(see: Jet stream) Subtropical weather (see: Anticyclone;
Azores–Bermuda high; Hot dry climate; Monsoon; Trade winds; Warm temperate climate)
Subtropics 41 Summer
(see: Anticyclone; Cloudburst; Cumulonimbus cloud; Cumulus cloud;
Dog days; Heat wave;
Monsoon; Pacific high) Sun, the
(see: Adret; Albedo; Altostratus; Aspect; Atmosphere; Doldrums; Equatorial climate; Equatorial low; Equinox; Heat; Overhead Sun; Ozone; Radiation; Sunshine)
Sunshine 41 Supercells 41
Synoptic chart 41 T
Temperate climate 41 Temperature 41 Thermal 41 Thermometer 42 Thunder 42 Thunderstorm 42 Tornado 42–43 Tornado watch 43 Trade winds 43 Transpiration 44 Tropical climate 44 Tropical continental
climate 44
Tropical cyclone 44 Tropical marine climate 44 Tropical monsoon
climate 44 Tropics 44 Tropopause 44 Troposphere
(see: Atmosphere; Stratosphere; Tropopause)
Tullee fog
(see: Advection fog)
Trough of low pressure 44 Twister 44
Typhoon 44
U
Ubac (see: Adret) Urban heat island
(see: Heat island) V
Valleys
(see: Radiation fog)
Veer 44 Virga 44–45 Visibility 44
W
Warm front 44–45 Warm temperate
climate 45 Water cycle 46 Waterspout 46 Weather 46 Weather chart
(see: Synoptic chart) Weatherfront 46 Weatherhazard 46 Weather vane
(see: Wind van) Westerlies/westerly
winds 46
Wet bulb temperature 46 Wet bulb thermometer
(see: Thermometer;
Wet bulb temperature) Whirlwind 46
Whiteout 47
Wind 47
Windchill 47 Windsock 47 Wind vane 47 Windward 47 Winter
(see: Aleutian low; Anticyclone; Arctic air; Aurora; Black ice; Blizzard; Cirrostratus cloud; Freezing rain; Icelandic low; Norther; Polar air; Siberian high; Windchill)
Jet stream
26 Khamsin 26
K L
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