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NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS SR-145
A COMPREHENSIVE GLOSSARY OF
WEATHER TERMS FOR STORM SPOTTERS
Michael Branick
NOAA/NWS/WFO Norman
Terms added for the second edition:
Anvil Crawler
Anvil Zits
Baroclinic zone
Barotropic System
Bubble high
Bulk Richardson No. (BRN)
Convective inhibition (CIN)
Cold pool aloft
Cyclogenesis
dBZ
Delta T
Differential motion
Diurnal
Downstream
Dry adiabat
Dynamics
ECMWF
Elevated convection
Energy-helicity index (EHI)
Entrance region
Equilibrium level
Equivalent potential temperature
Eta Model
Exit region
Humidity
Impulse
Isentropic Lift
Isentropic surface
Isodrosotherm
Isohyet
Isopleth
Isotach
Isotherm
Left front quadrant
LSR
Meridional flow
Mesohigh
Mesonet
Mid-level cooling
Morning glory
Negative area
Negative-tilt trough
Nocturnal
Nowcast
Orographic
Orographic lift
Popcorn convection
Positive-tilt trough
Potential temperature
Profiler
Pseudo-cold front
Pseudo-warm front
Relative humidity
Right entrance region
RUC
Short-fuse warning
SPC
Subsidence
Surface-based convection
SWEAT index
SWODY1, SWODY2
Thermodynamic chart
Thermodynamics
Theta-e
Theta-e ridge
Tornado family
Total-totals Index
Tropopause
Troposphere
UKMET
Upper level system
Upstream
UVM
UVV
VAD
Vertically stacked system
VWP
Watch
Warning
Zonal flow
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