Summer
The three hottest months December, January and February (for the southern hemisphere).
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Summer Solstice - the solstice when the sun is highest in the sky; the first day of summer
Sundog - a colored luminous spot appearing 22 degrees (or somewhat more) on either side of the sun and at the same elevation as the sun ...
Summer Solstice: The date on which the sun reaches the greatest distance north (in the Northern Hemisphere) or south (in the Southern Hemisphere) of the celestial equator.
summer - Astronomically, between the summer solstice and autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, and beteen the winter solstice and vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere; ...
SUMMER Astronomically, this is the period between the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox. It is characterized as having the warmest temperatures of the year, except in some tropical regions.
Summer solstice Approximately June 22 in the Northern Hemisphere when the sun is highest in the sky and directly overhead at latitude 23M"N, the Tropic of Cancer.
Summer
Typically the warmest season of the year during which the sun is most nearly overhead. In the Northern Hemisphere, summer customarily includes the months of June, July, and August.
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Dry-Summer Subtropical Climate - A climate located on the west sides of continents between latitudes 30° and 45°. It is the only humid climate with a strong winter precipitation maximum.
INDIAN SUMMER A period of abnormally warm weather in mid to late autumn with clear skies and cool nights. A first frost normally precedes this warm spell.
Indian Summer A warm, calm spell of weather occurring in autumn, especially in October and November. Usually follows a substantial period of cool weather.
Indian Summer
An unseasonably warm period near the middle of autumn, usually following a substantial period of cool weather.
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Indian summer: occurring during mid to late autumn after the first frost, a period of unusually warm weather with clear skies and cool nights.
INDIAN SUMMER- A warm spell in the fall or early winter in which the temperatures are above normal and skies are clear for several days in a row.
INFLOW- Wind speed, in knots, of the average PBL wind speed.
Summer - The warmest season of the year. Summer officially begins in late June and last until late September.
A summer high over the North American continent brings moist, unstable maritime tropical air from the Gulf over the Mississippi Valley. The thunderstorms that result are the principal source of moisture for this region.
The summer when I was 15 years old, myself, and my two friends which I will name Joe and John would go for long walks in the woods. One Sunday we went for a walk down to No. 1. which was not far from our homes north of Dunmore, Pa. USA.
Indian Summer
A term used for a period of warm settled weather in mid to late autumn.
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An unseasonably warm spell with clear skies near the middle of autumn. Usually follows a substantial period of cool weather.
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During the summer of 1993, over 20 inches of rain fell upon many locations in the Midwest, with localized amounts exceeding 33 inches. The excessive amounts of rain severely affected shipping, agriculture, and human lives.
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Apparent Temperature - See Heat Index.
Coastal Flooding - Prolonged strong onshore flow of wind and/or high astronomical tides causing a rise in sea level that floods coastal areas.
Old Wives' summer"A period of calm, clear weather, with cold nights and misty mornings but fine warm days, which sets in over central Europe toward the end of September; comparable to Indian summer.
Typical of late summer, early fall. Lower litter and duff layers actively contribute to fire intensity and will burn actively.
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Hot or very warmIn summer, hot or very warm means more than seven degrees Celsius above normal.Hot spotTypically large areas of pavement, these "hot spots" are heated much quicker by the sun than surrounding grasses and forests.
Due to the imbalance of heating between land and water, a region of maximum upward motion or convergence occurs by mid-afternoon in the summer some 10 to 15 miles inland.
They move off the African coast every 4 to 5 days mainly in the summer. Some reach the American tropics and a few develop into tropical cyclones.West WallThe coast side boundary of the Gulf Stream, typically south of Cape Hatteras.
Its position tends to migrate south in the Northern Hemispheric winter and north in the summer, and its core winds increase during the winter and become less strong in the summer.
The declination is ~23°N at the summer solstice, ~23°S at the winter solstice, and 0° (over the equator) at the spring and autumn equinoxes.
Laurence A common type of terrestrial scintillation; shimmering over a hot surface (such as a roadway) on a quiet, cloudless, summer day. Leeward Facing away from the wind.
the prevailing west to northwest winds of summer in Europe have been called the European monsoon).
The peak season for tornadoes is in the spring and early summer. From March through June, about 70% of all the tornadoes in a year will occur.
TROPICAL CYCLONE - A large rotating convective vortex formed when warm moist air rises in maritime tropical regions during the summer and fall months when the water stores the suns heat energy from the previous months.
Locally-deposited wind-borne dust (especially prevalent during hot, dry summers) is often coarse in texture.
Afterheat and Aftersummer These are very old terms used to refer to the warm pleasant days in the late autumn (at or after Indian Summer).
It typically lies north-south across the central and southern high Plains states during the spring and early summer, where it separates moist air from the Gulf of Mexico (to the east) and dry desert air from the southwestern states (to the west).
Air mass thunderstorms typically are associated with warm, humid air in the summer months; they develop during the afternoon in response to insolation, and dissipate rather quickly after sunset.
Solstice The point in time when the vertical rays of the Sun are striking either the Tropic of Cancer (summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere) or the Tropic of Capricorn (winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere).
These conditions prevail mostly in the summer and early fall. Since hurricanes can take days or even weeks to form, time is usually available for preventive or protective measures.
For example, if it's 70oF near dawn on a foggy summer morning, the relative humidity is near 100%. During the afternoon the temperature soars to 95oF and the fog disappears.
One of the four seasons, indicating the transition between summer and winter during the months March, April and May (southern hemisphere).
Air Quality Alert - Issued during times (usually on hot, summer days) when ground-level ozone and/or fine particle concentrations unexpectedly reach, or are approaching, unhealthy levels in your area based on monitored values.
Such thunderstorms normally occur within a tropical or warm, moist air mass during the summer afternoon as the result of afternoon heating and dissipate soon after sunset.
Youg- a hot wind during unsettled summer weather in the Mediterranean.
Young Ice- newly formed flat, sea or lake ice generally between two and eight inches thick.
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monsoon—A wind that in summer blows from sea to a continental interior, bringing copious rain, and in winter blows from the interior to the sea, resulting in sustained dry weather.
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Solstice: Either of the two times per year when the sun is at its greatest angular distance from the celestial equator: about June 21 (the Northern Hemisphere summer solstice), when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, ...
Can Crickets Really Tell You the Temperature Outside?
Hearing crickets chirp is a true sound of summer. If you listen hard enough, you can tell what the temperature is outside! Find out how! ...
SHARP - Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (NASA)
S-HIS - Scanning High resolution Interferometer Sounder
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Solstice - when the sun gets closest to the poles. Marks the beginning of both winter and summer.
Stability - the ability of the atmosphere to suppress vertical motion, convection.
The term originally referred solely to the winds of the Arabian Sea which blow for about six months from the north-east (in winter) and for six months from the south-west (in summer), but now is also used for other marked seasonal winds.
Monsoon Season
The period when the summer monsoon blows onto the continent.
Arctic Circle Poleward of this latitude (66 degrees 33 minutes N) there are 24 hours of sunlight at the summer solstice and 24 hours of darkness at the winter solstice.
When it is displaced westward, during the Northern Hemispheric summer and fall, the center is located in the western North Atlantic, near Bermuda. In the winter and early spring, it is primarily centered near the Azores Islands.
Marine climate- The climate of some coastal regions, with relatively warm winters and cool summers.
Air-mass Thunderstorm - Generally, a thunderstorm not associated with a front or other type of synoptic-scale forcing mechanism. Air mass thunderstorms typically are associated with warm, humid air in the summer months; ...
Hail size usually ranges from that of a small pea to the size of cherries, but has been observed as large as oranges. Hail occurs most frequently during the summer when thunderstorm activity is at a peak.
However, winds of this magnitude occurring over an area that frequently experiences such winds (e.g., the normal strong summertime winds near the San Francisco Bay, would not require the issuance of this product).
Still a fourth measure, the vegetative period or vegetation season, attempts to allow for the greater microclimatic temperature range and for the general growth retardation by cold temperatures, and is defined as the summer period confined between ...
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