Inflow Stinger

Inflow Stinger A beaver tail cloud with a stinger-like shape.
Influent Seepage Movement of gravity water in the zone of aeration from the ground surface toward the water table.

Inflow Stinger: A beaver tail cloud with a stinger-like shape.
Influent Seepage: Movement of gravity water in the zone of aeration from the ground surface toward the water table.

Inflow Stinger - A beaver tail cloud with a stinger-like shape.
Insolation - Incoming solar radiation. Solar heating; sunshine.

See also inflow stinger.Bed LoadIn hydrologic terms, sand, silt, gravel, or soil and rock detritus carried by a stream on or immediately above its bed.

See also inflow stinger. 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.

usually east to west or northeast to southwest. As with any inflow band, cloud elements move toward the updraft, i.e., toward the west or southwest. Its size and shape changes as the strength of the inflow changes. See also inflow stinger.

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Browse Related Terms: Beaver('s) Tail, Billow Cloud, Feeder Bands, Inflow Bands, Inflow Stinger, Morning Glory, Stratocumulus, T Rolls, Transverse Bands, Transverse Rolls ...

See also: Temperature, Reflectivity, Parallel, Beaver, Layer