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Sleet warning WSW (alt.: heavy sleet warning) – Heavy sleet accumulations of 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.1 cm) or more, which may cause significant disruptions to travel or utilities, are imminent or expected to occur within 12 hours. Discontinued beginning with the 2008-2009 winter storm season and replaced by the winter storm warning for heavy ...
A tropical cyclone's heavy surf created by such winds may cause harm to marine life either close to or upon the surface of the water, such as coral reefs. [42] Coastal regions usually take more serious wind damage than inland, due to rapid dissipation upon landfall, though heavy rain from their remnants may flood either.
Blood rain; Cold drop (Spanish: gota fría; archaic as a meteorological term), colloquially, any high impact rainfall event along the Mediterranean coast of Spain; Drought, a prolonged water supply shortage, often caused by persistent lack of, or much reduced, rainfall; Floods. Flash flood; Rainstorm; Red rain in Kerala (for related phenomena ...
Precipitation is measured using a rain gauge, and more recently remote sensing techniques such as a weather radar. When classified according to the rate of precipitation, rain can be divided into categories. Light rain describes rainfall which falls at a rate of between a trace and 2.5 millimetres (0.098 in) per hour. Moderate rain describes ...
As millions begin the trek home after the Christmas holiday, they'll be dealing with stormy conditions to close out the week with rain, severe weather and snow expected across parts of the country.
A weather warning generally refers to an alert issued by a meteorological agency to warn citizens of approaching dangerous weather.A weather watch, on the other hand, typically refers to an alert issued to indicate that conditions are favorable for the development of dangerous weather patterns, although the dangerous weather conditions themselves are not currently present.
repeated rounds of thunderstorms will track along the front bringing heavy rainfall. then a low pressure system will track along it into missouri and push the front further south to along the i-40 corridor monday night through tuesday night. this will shift the heavy rain axis further south to along and just north of the i-40 corridor.
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR NORFOLK...EASTERN WORCESTER...SOUTH CENTRAL MIDDLESEX...WEST CENTRAL PLYMOUTH AND NORTH CENTRAL BRISTOL COUNTIES... At 537 PM EDT, law enforcement reported heavy rain falling including the towns of Norwood and Dedham where up to 3.5 inches have already fallen.