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Temperature Profile for the development of freezing rain
The diagram below shows a typical temperature profile for freezing rain with the red line indicating the atmosphere's temperature at any given altitude.

 


Temperature A physical quantity characterizing the mean random motion of molecules in a physical body. In other words, it is a measure of the degree of hotness or coldness of a substance.

Temperature measurement using modern scientific thermometers and temperature scales goes back at least as far as the early 18th century, ...

Wet-bulb temperature is measured using a standard mercury-in-glass thermometer, with the thermometer bulb wrapped in muslin, which is kept wet.

Potential Temperature - The temperature a parcel of dry air would have if brought adiabatically (i.e., without transfer of heat or mass) to a standard pressure level of 1000 mb.

temperature"The quantity measured by a thermometer. Bodies in thermal equilibrium with each other have the same temperature.

Temperature Profiles: The change of air temperature with height above the ground. When the temperature increases with height, the profile is called an inversion profile, or simply an inversion.

Temperature Gradient - the gradient of the temperature field; the rate of change of temperature over some distance in a given direction, usually horizontally or vertically ...

Temperature Inversion
(surface-based or elevated) : a layer of the atmosphere in which air temperature increases with height.

TEMPERATURE The measure of molecular motion or the degree of heat of a substance. It is measured on an arbitrary scale from absolute zero, where the molecules theoretically stop moving. It is also the degree of hotness or coldness.

Temperature
A measure of heat in an object. It is a physical quantity characterising the random motion of molecules within a body. The most common scale is the Celsius scale with 0°C the freezing point of water at sea level.

Temperature - A degree of hotness or coldness the can be measured using a thermometer. Also a measure of how fast the atoms and molecules of a substance are moving (see Kinetic energy).

Temperature-The measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules of a substance. The greater the kinetic energy the higher the temperature. A measure of how fast the air molecules are moving.

Temperature A measure of the warmth of the ambient air measured by a suitable instrument such as a thermometer.

Temperature
A measure of how hot or cold something is
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(Abbrev. TEMP)- The temperature is a measure of the internal energy that a substance contains. This is the most measured quantity in the atmosphere.

temperature: measure of the quantity of thermal energy in a substance. High temperature indicates more heat energy than low temperature.

TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT: A factor relating the response characteristics of a device with changes in the ambient temperature.
THERMOGRAPH: Thermometer used to give a graphic record of the time variations of temperature.

Temperature- a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to a standard value.

temperature inversion: when a layer of air has a temperature increase instead of decrease with altitude.
thermal pollution: an increase in air or water temperature caused by heat from man-made sources.

Temperature - In general, the degree of hotness or coldness measured against some definite scale by means of a thermometer.

Temperature inversion An extremely stable air layer in which temperature increases with altitude, the inverse of the usual temperature profile in the troposphere.

Temperature A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual atoms or molecules composing a substance.
Temperature gradient Temperature change with distance.

Temperature Measure of the energy in a substance. The more heat energy in the substance, the higher the temperature. The Earth receives only one twobillionth of the energy the sun produces.

Temperature
A measure of the energy in the air. The more heat energy in the air, the higher the temperature. As the surface warms in reaction to the sun's heat, it also warms the air above it.

Air Temperature
The temperature indicated by a thermometer exposed to the air in a place sheltered from direct solar radiation.
Altocumulus
White or gray, or both white and gray, patch, sheet, or layer of cloud.

MEAN TEMPERATURE
The average of temperature readings taken over a specified amount of time. Often the average of the maximum and minimum temperatures.

CAP- Temperature inversion which prevents convection from occurring.
CAT- A category. Usually refers to a category of precipitation given by the forecast models. Also the Category of hurricane intensity.
CB- Cumulonimbus.

Daily Temperature Range - The difference between the max- mum and minimum temperatures for a day.
Dart Leader - See Leader.
Deposition - The process whereby water vapor changes direct- Ely to ice without going through the liquid state.

Kelvin Temperature Scale
An absolute temperature scale in which a change of 1 Kelvin equals a change of 1 degree Celsius; 0?Ǭ?K is the lowest temperature on the Kelvin scale. The freezing point of water is +273?Ǭ?

KELVIN TEMPERATURE SCALE A temperature scale with the freezing point of +273°K (Kelvin) and the boiling point of +373° K. It is used primarily for scientific purposes. Also known as the Absolute Temperature Scale. Proposed in 1848 by William T.

Answer: Ocean Temperatures in the 1930's Were Unstable
Scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center recently used a computer model and satellite data to examine climate over the past century.

Temperatures were generally colder this winter, with the exception of February when temperatures averaged 7.4 degrees above the normal of 36.7. December and January, with average temperatures of 28.16 and 23, ran 2.7 and 4.

Temperature to which an air parcel must be cooled at constant pressure and constant water vapor content in order for saturation of that air parcel with water vapor to occur with respect to a liquid water surface.

Temperature scale proposed by Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius in 1742. A mixture of ice and water is zero on the scale; boiling water is designated as 100 degrees.

Temperatures will be quite varied Tuesday, ranging from around 20 across Weld County to the mid 40s across Douglas County.

temperature inversion- an atmospheric condition in which a layer of warm air, usually from a high pressure system, moves over a colder layer, preventing it from rising or dispersing.

Temperature - The measurement of how hot or cold something is.
Thermometer - The instrument that measures temperature.
Thunder - The explosive sound of air expanding as it is heated by lightning.

TEMPERATURE - The measure of heat of matter, characterized by the average kinetic energy of the matter atoms or molecules. Common units are degrees Fahrenheit (F), Celsius (C), or Kelvins (K).

A temperature below 0 degrees Celsius measured in a calibrated instrument screen at a height of 1 to 2 metres above the ground.
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The temperature at which the air, cooled at constant pressure, becomes saturated with water vapour.
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Mean Temperature- The average of a series of temperatures taken over a period of time, such as a day or a month.
Mercury Barometer- An instrument that measures barometric pressure by measuring the level of mercury in a column.

>> Temperature: Basic requirement: For synoptic and climatological meteorology, the temperature required is a representative one of the 'free air' conditions over as wide an area surrounding the observing point as possible, ...

Surface temperature inversion - ground cools and then cools air from below, leaving warmer air above.

Apparent temperatures greater than 80 degrees F (27 degrees C) are likely to produce some discomfort.

MT=(High Temperature+Low Temperature)/2
Cumuliform Anvil - A thunderstorm anvil with visual characteristics resembling cumulus-type clouds (rather than the more typical fibrous appearance associated with cirrus).

High body temperature (106 degree F of higher). Hot, dry skin. Rapid and strong pulse. Possible unconsciousness.

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Apparent temperature - The temperature people perceive under hot and humid conditions. (See Excessive Heat Outlook).

Apparent temperatures This has been used more commonly since about 1980 to refer to what various temperature and humidity combinations feel like based on human physiology and clothing science and the need for the body to maintain a thermal ...

Apparent temperature What the air temperature "feels like" for various combinations of air temperature and relative humidity.
Arena cloud See Roll cloud.

Convective Temperature - The approximate temperature that the air near the ground must warm to in order for surface-based convection to develop, based on analysis of a sounding. See Fig. 6.

Dry bulb temperature - The actual air temperature as measured by a sling psychrometer.

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.

WIND CHILL TEMPERATURE (WCT): The wind chill temperature is how cold people and animals feel due to heat loss from exposed skin caused by wind and cold.

DEWPOINT: The temperature to which the air must be cooled for water vapor to condense. The larger the spread of temperature and dewpoint, the drier the air. This spread is called the dewpoint depression.

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST): Surface temperature data collected using IR satellite imagery, buoy and ship data.

Dew point- The temperature at which condensation begins.
Droughts- Long periods of low precipitation.

DEWPOINT - The temperature to which are must be cooled in order for it to be saturated.
DIHEDRAL - An upward angling of a wing from the root outward when viewed from in front.

Minimum TemperatureThis is the lowest temperature recorded during a specified period of time. The time period can be 6, 12 or 24 hours. The most common reference is to the daily minimum temperature, or "low.

See also: Air, Surface, Weather, Water, Atmosphere