Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
1 Examples. Toggle Examples subsection. 1.1 Atmospheric. 1.2 Electrical storms. 1.3 Fire. 1.4 Flood. ... Rainstorm; Red rain in Kerala (for related phenomena, see ...
Mineralogic phenomena; Lithologic phenomena . Rock types. Igneous rock. Igneous formation processes; Sedimentary rock. Sedimentary formation processes (sedimentation); Quicksand ...
A storm seen at the Baltic Sea near the island of Öland, Sweden.. A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. [citation needed] It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation (snowstorm, rainstorm), heavy freezing rain ...
This image with Central America and a tropical rainstorm in the middle, shows a broad area of showers and thunderstorms on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. (AccuWeather Enhanced RealVue™ Satellite)
Also actiniform. Describing a collection of low-lying, radially structured clouds with distinct shapes (resembling leaves or wheels in satellite imagery), and typically organized in extensive mesoscale fields over marine environments. They are closely related to and sometimes considered a variant of stratocumulus clouds. actinometer A scientific instrument used to measure the heating power of ...
An example of weather alerts on a national map from the National Weather Service. The NWS divides severe weather alerts into several types of hazardous/hydrologic events: Severe local storms – Short-fused, small-scale hazardous weather or hydrologic events produced by thunderstorms (including large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, and flash ...
The damage caused by Hurricane Andrew is a good example of the damage caused by a category 5 Tropical cyclone. A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain or squalls.
Surface runoff (also known as overland flow or terrestrial runoff) is the unconfined flow of water over the ground surface, in contrast to channel runoff (or stream flow).It occurs when excess rainwater, stormwater, meltwater, or other sources, can no longer sufficiently rapidly infiltrate in the soil.