| |
Morning Glory - An elongated cloud band, visually similar to a roll cloud, usually appearing in the morning hours, when the atmosphere is relatively stable.
Morning Glory
An elongated cloud band common across Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country in northern QLD. It is visually similar to a roll cloud, usually appearing in the morning hours when the atmosphere is relatively stable.
Shaft or Morning Glory Spillway: A vertical or inclined shaft into which flood water spills and then is conducted through, under, or around a dam by means of a conduit or tunnel.
When extensive and approaching, it gives the appearance of a menacing arch. It may also occur with fronts in the absence of a cumulonimbus or in the absence of any thermal boundary. See morning glory.
NOAA National Weather Service - Cite This Source - This Definition
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: Cloud, Multiple, Horizon, Roll Cloud, Clouds
  
|
RSS
