cumulonimbus cloud
91Atmospheric convection — Conditions favorable for thunderstorm types and complexes Atmospheric convection is the result of a parcel environment instability, or temperature difference, layer in the atmosphere. Different lapse rates within dry and moist air lead to… …
92Supercell — A supercell is a severe thunderstorm with a deep, continuously rotating updraft (a mesocyclone). [ [http://www.stormchasers.au.com/lemon7.htm 12B ] ] Of the four classifications of thunderstorms (supercell, single cell, multi cell, and squall… …
93Overshooting top — An overshooting top protruding above the anvil at the top of a thunderstorm An overshooting top (or penetrating top) is a dome like protrusion that shoots out of the top of the anvil of a thunderstorm. When an overshooting top is present for 10… …
94Cochin International Airport — For the regional airport near Kōchi, Japan, see Kōchi Ryōma Airport. Cochin International Airport കൊച്ചി അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര വിമാനത്താവളം Nedumbassery Airport …
95Infrared — For other uses, see Infrared (disambiguation). An image of two people in mid infrared ( thermal ) light (false color) …
96Geography of Nigeria — Satellite image of Nigeria Nigeria is a country in West Africa. Nigeria shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the south and it… …
97Convective available potential energy — A skew T plot showing a morning sounding with a large hydrolapse followed by an afternoon sounding showing the cooling which occurred in the mid levels resulting in an unstable atmosphere as surface parcels have now become negatively buoyant. The …
98William Rankin — Lieutenant Colonel William Rankin (born c. 1920) is the only person ever to survive a fall from the top of a cumulonimbus thunderstorm cloud.cite book |title=The Cloudspotter s Guide |last=Pretor Pinney |first=Gavin |publisher=The Cloud… …
99Heavy rain (meteorology) — Heavy rain is an intense form of rain that usually falls from thunderstorms, tropical systems, or when atmospheric moisture is sufficient. If heavy rain falls for extended periods of time, flooding can quickly begin. It is known as heavy rain if… …
100Precipitation types — In meteorology, precipitation types can include the character or phase of the precipitation which is falling to ground level. There are three distinct ways that rain can occur. These methods include convective, stratiform, and orographic rainfall …
