Beaver tail
[Slang] A particular type of inflow band with a relatively broad, flat appearance suggestive of a beaver's tail. It is attached to a supercell's general updraft and is oriented roughly parallel to the pseudo-warm front, i.e.
Beaver tail (or sometimes inflow stinger - [slang] a low, flat cloud, often shaped like a beaver tail, located in the invlow region of a thunderstorm (the east or southeast side); a particular form of feeder band.
A beaver tail cloud with a stinger-like shape.
Influent Seepage
In hydrologic terms, movement of gravity water in the zone of aeration from the ground surface toward the water table.
Compare with beaver tail, which is a form of inflow band that normally attaches to the storm's main updraft (not to the wall cloud) and has a base at about the same level as the updraft base (not the wall cloud).
Inflow Stinger - A beaver tail cloud with a stinger-like shape.
Inversion - An increase in temperature with height. The reverse of the normal cooling with height in the atmosphere.
Spotters should note the distinction between a beaver tail and a tail cloud. A "true" tail cloud typically is attached to the wall cloud and has a cloud base at about the same level as the wall cloud itself.
Inflow Stinger - A beaver tail cloud with a stinger-like shape.
Infra-Red Radiation- Electromagnetic radiation of lower frequencies and longer wavelengths than visible light (greater than 0.7 microns (µ m)).
It extends outward from at or near the meso-cyclone center, usually toward the east or southeast, and normally is either nearly stationary or moves northward or northeastward ahead of the meso-cyclone. See pseudo-cold front and beaver tail.
 See also: Temperature, Weather, Air, Pressure, Beaver
  
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