Watch

Watch - The potential exists for a significant/dangerous weather event.
Warning A significant/dangerous weather event is imminent.
Advisory Less severe than a warning, but a hazardous weather event is still imminent.

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This product will be issued to let the public know when either a Tornado Watch or Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been canceled early.

Watch Status Reports (WWA) This product lets the NWFO know of the status of the current severe weather watch (Tornado or Severe Thunderstorm).

Watch - a National Weather Service product indicating that conditions are favorable for the occurrence of a particular hazard. A watch is a recommendation for planning, preparation, and increased awareness.

watch - Issued when the risk of a hazardous weather or hydrologic event has increased significantly but its occurrence, location, and/or timing is still uncertain.

WATCH: Forecast issued well in advance to alert the public of the possibility of a particular hazard (eg. tornado watch, flash flood watch).
WATERSPOUT: A column of rotating air over a body of water (ie. a tornado over the water).

Watch- informs the public that conditions exist that are favorable for the occurence of severe weather conditions within twelve to thirty-six hours of the given announcement.

watch: for a tornado, thunderstorm, flood, or hurricane. Indicates that the conditions are ideal for one of the aforementioned events to occur. Issued by the U.S.

Watch - An Environment Canada product indicating that a particular hazard is possible, i.e., that conditions are more favorable than usual for its occurrence. A watch is a recommendation for planning, preparation, and increased awareness (i.e.

WATCH - identifies a relatively large area in which hazardous or severe weather might occur. The watch is only an indication of where and when the severe weather probabilities are the highest, and should not be confused with a warning.

Watch - Issued when hazardous weather of hydrologic conditions are possible but its occurrence, location and/or timing is still uncertain. A watch is intended to provide lead time so those who need to set plans in motion may do so.

PDS Watch - [Slang], a tornado watch with enhanced wording (Particularly Dangerous Situation).
Pendant Echo - Radar signature generally similar to a hook echo, except that the hook shape is not as well defined.

PDS Watch: Slang for a tornado watch with enhanced wording (Particularly Dangerous Situation).
Peak Discharge: Rate of discharge of a volume of water passing a given location. (Usually in cubic feet per second.) ...

PDS Watch
[Slang] A Severe Thunderstorm Watch or Tornado Watch with Enhanced Wording ("THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION") issued by the Storm Prediction Center.
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PDS WATCH
A tornado watch with enhanced wording (Particularly Dangerous Situation).
PEAK GUST
The highest instantaneous wind speed observed or recorded.

Flood Watch - Issued by the National Weather Service before an actual flooding event is expected to occur.

Blue watch (or blue box ) - [slang] a severe thunderstorm watch.

Weather watch Issued when hazardous weather is considered possible based on current or anticipated atmospheric conditions.

Weather Watch Statement about a particularly dangerous weather system that may occur at some specified time in the future.
Weather Atmospheric condition at any given time or place. Compare with climate.
WEFAX See weather facsimile.

WATCH: A public notice issued by the National Weather Service when conditions are such that a certain hazard (tornado, severe thunderstorm, flood or winter storm) is possible.

Watch- Conditions are favorable for a certain threatening weather condition to occur. It doesn't mean the threatening weather condition is occuring.

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Watch - A forecast issued by the National Weather Service indicating that conditions are favorable for a particular weather hazard.

WATCH - Means that severe weather is possible for a given area. Severe weather watches often have a boxed region (areal box) associated with them and an expiration time.

WAVEWATCH III? (Tolman 1997, 1999a, 2009) is a third generation wave model developed at NOAA/NCEP in the spirit of the WAM model (WAMDIG 1988, Komen et al. 1994).

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A Tornado Watch is issued by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, Oklahoma.

Hurricane Watch: An announcement for specific coastal areas that hurricane conditions are possible within 36 hours.

Hurricane Watch
An alert added to an hurricane advisory covering a specificed area and duration. A watch means that hurricane conditions are a real possibility; it does not mean they are imminent.

HURRICANE WATCH
A formal advisory issued by forecasters at the National Hurricane Center when they have determined that hurricane conditions are a potential threat to a coastal area or group of islands within a 24 to 36 hour period.

Gale WatchA watch for an increased risk of a gale force wind event for sustained surface winds, or frequent gusts, of 34 knots (39 mph) to 47 knots (54 mph), but its occurrence, location,and/or timing is still uncertain.

WAVEWATCH IIIOne of the operational forecast models run at NCEP. The WWIII is run four times daily, with forecast output out to 126 hours.WBNDWestboundWBZWet Bulb Zero - the height where the wet-bulb temperature goes below 0°C.

Blue Watch or Blue Box[Slang], a severe thunderstorm watch.BlusterySame as Breezy; 15 to 25 mph winds.BLVbeforeBLZDBlizzard- A blizzard means that the following conditions are expected to prevail for a period of 3 hours or longer: ...

meteorological watch office"A meteorological office specified under International Civil Aviation Organization procedures to maintain watch over meteorological conditions within a defined area or along designated routes or portions thereof for the ...

High wind watchIssued when conditions are favorable for the development of high winds over all of or part of the forecast area but the occurrence is still uncertain.

SIGMET information Meteorological information issued by a watch office concerning the occurrence or forecast of weather phenomena which may affect the safety of aircraft operations.

WATCH A forecast issued well in advance of a severe weather event to alert the public of the possibility of a particular hazard, such as tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, flash and river floods, winter storms, or heavy snows.

Tornado: Tornado Watch/Warnings Issued issued by the NWS. 19. Tornado: Waterspout: Tornado are over water. 20. Tornado: A funnel cloud which touches the ground. 21.

Dick File, Weather Watch (London: Fourth Estate, 1990), a comprehensive survey of meteorology, specializing in British weather, which naturally has lots about winds and pressures, and much else.

Enhanced Wording - An option used by the SPC in tornado and severe thunderstorm watches when the potential for strong/violent tornadoes, or unusually widespread damaging straight-line winds, is high.

For further explanation, watch the brief video clip - How Does the Jet Stream Affect Global Weather Patterns and Influence Droughts? (MPEG 1, 1MB, 10 seconds long. Courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Science Visualizations Studio.

Its chief activities are the World Weather Watch programme, which coordinates facilities provided by member states, and a programme that aims to extend knowledge of the natural and human-induced variability of climate.

From the backside we watch as the same storm cluster moves away to the east. Observe the southeastward-tilt of the clouds in the short flanking line and the precipitation area to the east.

When BST is in force (in the uk), this means taking one hour off your watch time, so a waterspout seen at 7 pm on the south coast in mid-July should be reported as occurring at 1800 GMT.

TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER (TPC) A division of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction, the Center issues watches, warnings, forecasts, ...

Greek fishermen are especially mindful of watching for and reporting on bourini squalls as they move across the region. Some fishing boats are occaisionally lost in these types of storms.

See also: Weather, Storm, Meteor, Air, High