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 Weather Glossary

The links below list lead to the definitions of some of the weather terms used in our weather-related documents. If there is a term that you are unfamiliar with that is not listed here, please let us know.

Absolute Humidity

Absolute Temperature

Absolute Zero

Accuracy

Actual Pressure

Advection Fog

Advisory

Advisory, Snow

Aerial

AFOS

Air

Air Mass

Altimeter

Altimeter, Pressure

Altitude

Altitude, Pressure

Altocumulus

Altocumulus Castellanus

Altostratus

Anemograph

Anemometer

Aneroid Barometer

Aneroid Capsule

Anomalous Propagation

Anticyclone

Anvil

Atmosphere

Atmosphere, Standard

Atmospheric Pressure

Aurora

Barograph

Barometer

Barometer, Aneroid

Barometer, Mercurial

Barometric Pressure

Beaufort Wind Scale

Blizzard

Boiling Point

Calorie

Capsule, Aneroid

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Castellanus, Altocumulus

Ceiling

Celsius

Characteristic, Pressure

Cirriform

Cirrocumulus

Cirrostratus

Cirrus

Clear

Cloud

Cloud Bank

Cloud, Wall

Clouds, High

Clouds, Low

Clouds, Middle

Congestus, Cumulus

Crystal, Ice

Cumuliform

Cumulonimbus

Cumulonimbus Mammatus

Cumulus

Cumulus Congestus

Cumulus Fractus

Cumulus Humilis

Cumulus Mediocris

Cumulus, Towering

Current

Cyclone

Dew

Dew Point

Drizzle, Freezing

Dry Bulb Thermometer

Earthquake

EAS

EBS

Electromagnetic Radiation

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Elevation

Emergency

Fahrenheit

FCC

Few

FIPS (FIPS Code)

Flash Flood

Flood

Flood, Flash

Flood Plain

Flood Stage

Fog

Fog, Advection

Fog Bank

Fogbow

Fog, Freezing

Fog, Ground

Fog, Radiation

Fog, Sea

Fractus, Cumulus

Fractus, Stratus

Freezing Drizzle

Freezing Fog

Freezing Point

Freezing Precipitation

Freezing Rain

Front

Frost

Frozen Precipitation

Fujita-Pearson Scale

Gale

Gale Warning

Gauge, Rain

GMT

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

Ground Fog

Gust

Hail

Heat Index

Hg (mercury), Inches of

High Clouds

Hoarfrost

Humidity

Humidity, Absolute

Humilis, Cumulus

Hurricane Warning

Hurricane Watch

Hygrograph

Hygrometer

Ice

Ice Crystals

Ice Pellet

Ice Storm

Icicle

IDL

Inches of Hg (Mercury)

Inches of Mercury (Hg)

Index, Heat

Index, Wind Chill

Infrared

Iinternational Date Line

Ionosphere

IR

Kelvin

Knot

Lightning

Longitude

Low Clouds

Mammatocumulus

Mammatus, Cumulonimbus

Mare's tail

Mass, Air

mb

Mean Temperature

Mediocris, Cumulus

Melting Point

Mercurial Barometer

Mercury, Inches of

Mesopause

Mesosphere

Microbarograph

Middle Clouds

Millibar

Mist

Newton

Nimbostratus

NOAA

NWR

NWS

Obscuration

Obscuration, Partial

Oxygen (O2)

Ozone (O3)

Ozone Layer

Partial Obscuration

Pascal

Pascal's Law

Pellet, Ice

Point, Dew

Point, Freezing

Point, Melting

Pounds per Square Inch (psi)

Precipitation

Precipitation, Freezing

Precipitation, Frozen

Pressure

Pressure, Actual

Pressure Altimeter

Pressure Altitude

Pressure, Atmospheric

Pressure, Barometric

Pressure Characteristic

Pressure, Standard Surface

Prevailing Wind

Propagation, Anomalous

PSI

Radiation Fog

Radiation, Electromagnetic

Rain

Rainbow

Rainfall

Rain, Freezing

Rain Gauge

SAME (SAME Code)

Sea Fog

Sea Level

Severe Thunderstorm

Severe Weather

Sleet

Snow

Snow Advisory

Standard Atmosphere

Standard Surface Pressure

Statement

Storm

Storm, Ice

Storm, Winter

Stratiform

Stratocumulus

Stratopause

Stratosphere

Stratus

Stratus Fractus

Temperature

Temperature, Absolute

Temperature, Mean

Thermometer

Thermometer, Dry Bulb

Thermometer, Wet Bulb

Thermosphere

Thunder

Thunderstorm

Thunderstorm, Severe

Tornado

Tornado Alley

Towering Cumulus

Tropopause

Troposphere

UTC

Ultraviolet

United States Weather Bureau

Universal Time Coordinate (UTC)

Upwind

Wall Cloud

Warning

Warning, Gale

Warning, Hurricane

Watch

Watch, Hurricane

Water

Weather

Weather Vane

Weather, Severe

Wet Bulb Thermometer

Wind

Wind Chill

Wind Direction

Wind, Prevailing

Wind Scale, Beaufort

Wind Speed

Wind Vane

Winter Storm

Zero, Absolute


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