Likely

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Likely A National Weather Service precipitation descriptor for a 60% or 70% chance of measurable precipitation (0.01"). When the precipitation is convective in nature, the term numerous will occasionally be used.

LIKELY: In probability of precipitation statements, the equivalent of a 60 or 70 percent chance.
LOW: The center of an area of low pressure, usually accompanied by cyclonic and inward wind flow. Also known as a cyclone.

LIKELY - In probability of precipitation statements, the equivalent of a 60 or 70 percent chance.
LLJ- Low Level Jet. Strong Planetary Boundary Layer winds which advect warmer temperatures and moisture into the forecast area.

The most likely explanation is that the snow and ice in Antarctica is so clean that its albedo is higher than the cloud cover.

Since they are aligned parallel to the low-level inflow, they may point toward the region most likely for later storm development.TrapperA valley or basin in which cold air becomes trapped or pooled.

Negative values indicate instability - the more negative, the more unstable the air is, and the stronger the updrafts are likely to be with any developing thunderstorms.

The debris cloud appearing beneath a thunderstorm will most likely confirm the presence of a tornado.

Flash Flood WarningIssued to inform the public, emergency management, and other cooperating agencies that flash flooding is in progress, imminent, or highly likely.

As a result, the radar will most likely have sent out another pulse in the same direction before the back scattered energy arrives back at the radar.

This warming is likely due to the increase of so called "greenhouse gases" -- such as CO2, methane and CFCs (chloro-fluorocarbons). These gases absorb outgoing heat from our planet and "reflect" it back to Earth.

Such windstorms are most likely to the lee of elongated quasi-two-dimensional mountain ranges and can be distinguished from gap winds, ...

Random errors, which appear in any series of observations, are generally small and as likely to be positive as negative. Their magnitudes are usually distributed according to the error distribution. Mistakes are widely discrepant readings.

These plots are used to determine the advection patterns aloft, whether a thunderstorm will rotate, and the type of thunderstorms that you will likely see that day. On the graph, only the tip of wind vectors are plotted on this graph.

The town is far enough inland that, during the summer months, the only mechanisms likely to prevent the air from reaching such a temperature involve a southward excursion of humid air associated with the monsoon trough, or heavy cloud, and/or rain, ...

This diagram represents a weak, non-severe storm (most likely multicellular) in a sheared environment. The top figure is a westward view of a vertical cross section of the storm, whereas the bottom diagram is a horizontal, low-level cross section.

It is possible (and even likely) that small echoes will be returned even on a clear day. Many things can reflect small amounts of radar energy including clouds, smoke, and fog.

Thunderstorms are likely today. Sunday offers a 50 percent chance of more storms. The National Weather Service predicts above average precipitation for the next three months.

stable and unstable atmospheric conditions: If a parcel of air is moved upward due to local convergence, convection, orographic lifting, or frontal lifting (see Chapter 8) we will want to know if that air is likely to continue upward and expand ...

In the days of sailing ships they have been rightly viewed as likely forerunners of stormy weather: Mare's tails and mackerel scales make lofty ships take in their sails. Is there a true weather fact supporting this? Oh, yes there is.

Tornado Watch - An outlined area where tornadoes and severe thunderstorms are more likely to occur within a certain time frame. Sometimes will be referred to as a "watch box".

Severe supercell development is most likely in an environment possessing great buoyancy (CAPE) and large vertical wind shear. A Bulk Richardson Number of between 15 and 35 favor supercell development.

Of the two, the left mover is most likely to weaken and dissipate (but on rare occasions can become a very severe anticyclonic-rotating storm), while the right mover is the one most likely to reach supercell status.

Air mass thunderstorms are generally less likely to be severe than other types of thunderstorms, but they are still capable of producing downbursts, brief heavy rain, and (in extreme cases) hail over 2cm in diameter.

Fog - condensed water vapor or a cloud floating close to the ground and likely to obscure visibility.
Force - Push or pull that gives energy to an object, sometimes causing a change in the motion of the object.

WHIRLWIND A small-scale, rapidly rotating column of wind, formed thermally and most likely to develop on clear, dry, hot afternoons. Often called a dust devil when visible by the dust, dirt or debris it picks up.

Winter Storm Warning - Issued when hazardous winter weather is occurring, imminent or highly likely over part or all of the area.

night wind - Dry squalls that occur at night in southwest Africa and the Congo. It is likely that this term is loosely applied to other diurnal local winds such as mountain wind, land breeze, midnight wind, etc.

If the vertical motion is vigorous and deep enough, and there is sufficient moisture, then heavy showers/thunderstorms are likely.

Winter Storm Warning - It's issued when hazardous winter weather is occurring or is likely over a specific area. Hazardous winter weather includes heavy snows, blizzards, ice storms, freezing rain, freezing drizzle and sleet.

A - Used on climate outlooks to indicate areas that are likely to be above normal.

Such systems typically are weakening and are slow-moving, and are less likely to produce severe weather than tilted systems.

Dry line A boundary between warm, dry air and warm, humid air in the southeast sector of a mature midlatitude cyclone; likely site for severe thunderstorm development.

Hail - Precipitation in the form of balls or clumps of ice produced by thunderstorms. Severe storms with intense updrafts are most likely to produce large hail.

So if you sent a question and I did not answer, the reason is likely your email address was not correct (or some other glich in the email system).

Lifted Index (LI) - A common measure of atmospheric instability. Negative values indicate instability - the more negative, the more unstable the air is, and the stronger the updrafts are likely to be with any developing thunderstorms.

Positive-tilt Trough - An upper level system which is tilted to the east with increasing latitude (i.e., from southwest to northeast). A positive-tilt trough often is a sign of a weakening weather system, and generally is less likely to result ...

Often it is visible only as a debris cloud or dust whirl near the ground. Gustnadoes are not associated with storm-scale rotation (i.e. mesocyclones); they are more likely to be associated visually with a shelf cloud than with a wall cloud.

Weather Warning Statement that dangerous weather is likely or is occurring. Take action.
Weather Watch Statement about a particularly dangerous weather system that may occur at some specified time in the future.

level (around 18,000 feet, usually) and comparing that computed temperature to the actual temperature at that level. Negative values indicate instability; the more negative, the more unstable the air is and the stronger the updrafts are likely to be ...

For example, if new snow is measured every hour during a relatively long duration storm, it is likely that the summed accumulations may exceed a total snow accumulation measured only once at the end of the storm.

This means that advection fog can sometimes be distinguished from the normally stationary radiation fog by its horizontal motion. Since radiation fog almost always forms at night, any fog forming during the day is likely to be advection fog.

If you place your back to the wind and are facing north, then low pressure and frontal activity is to the west and likely to be passing your way in the future.

The intense hot-spot in the sea-surface temperature required for a hypercane would most likely be from an asteroid impact or massive undersea volcanic activity.

See also: Weather, Cloud, Air, Storm, Temperature