The Describer's Dictionary by David Grambs
Author:David Grambs
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2014-03-11T04:00:00+00:00
WEATHER, FORCES OF NATURE, AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM
WEATHER AND FORCES OF NATURE
characterized by good weather
fair, clear, pleasant, lovely, balmy, halcyon, temperate, springlike, summer-like, summery
characterized by bad weather
nasty, foul, inclement, wintery, winter-like, smoggy
sunny
bright, cloudless, glorious, sunshiny
intensely bright
glary, glaring, dazzling, blinding
cloudy
cloud-covered, nebulous, partly sunny
covered or blanketed with clouds
overcast, lowering, gray, gloomy, clouded up
foggy
misty, thick, murky, vaporous, brumous
permeated by a heavy haze of fog mixed with smoke and atmospheric chemical pollutants
smoggy
windy
breezy, gusty, blowing, blowy, howling, roaring, turbulent, blustery, zephyrous
stormy
tempestuous, raging, angry, dirty
threatening
lowering, darkening, looming, black
damp
humid, muggy, dank, steamy, moist
rainy or wet
precipitating, drizzly, drippy, torrential, showering, pouring
dewy
roric, roriferous
wet and cold
raw, bleak
wet and messy underfoot
slushy, sloppy
dry
arid, parched, desiccated, bone-dry, waterless
very warm
hot, torrid, burning, blazing, scorching, blistering, broiling, baking, searing, roasting, tropical, pitiless
hot and humid
sultry, steamy, sweltering, stifling
cool
chill, chilly
refreshingly cool or chill
crisp, bracing, brisk, autumnal, fall-like
cold
chilly, nippy, sharp, algid
very cold
biting, piercing, bone-chilling, freezing, numbing
snowing
snowy, niveous, nival
frosty
rimy, hoary
icy or frozen
frigid, freezing, gelid
multi-colored (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) arc of light (on the side of the sky opposite to the sun—the higher the sun, the lower the arc) produced when sunlight is reflected inside raindrops
rainbow
visibly dense mass or stratum of fog seen from a distance formed above the sea
fog bank
rainbow-like arc of diffracted white light sometimes visible in fog
fogbow, fogdog, fogeater, seadog
hazy glow of light sometimes visible just before dawn or just after sunset
zodiacal light
visible coronal (electrical) discharge, during a thunderstorm, seen on a pointed object, such as part of the tip of a tree, the wing of a plane, or the mast of a ship
St. Elmo’s fire, St. Elmo’s light, corposant
transitional zone between two air masses differing in temperature or density
front
edge of a warm air mass that is advancing
warm front
rising current of warm air (used by birds, balloonists, and glider pilots to gain altitude)
thermal
brief spell of briskly cold weather
cold snap
edge of a cold air mass that is advancing
cold front
mixed front occurring when a cold front overtakes a warm front and lifts the warm air
occluded front
transitional zone between two differing air masses, neither of which is forceful enough to replace the other
stationary front
elongated area having low barometric pressure
trough
ocean low-pressure area near the equator having characteristic calms, light winds, and squalls
doldrums
two regions or belts, at about 30° North and 30° South, known for having high pressure, calms, and baffling winds
horse latitudes
predominant, continual wind of the tropics and subtropics blowing toward the equator from the northeast (between the doldrums and the northern horse latitudes) or the southeast (between the doldrums and the southern horse latitudes)
trade wind, trade
narrow band of high-speed winds 10 to 15 miles (the upper atmosphere) above the earth from a generally westerly direction
jet stream
marked shift in wind speed and direction over a short area
wind shear
rising current of air
anabatic wind
downward-flowing current of air
katabatic wind
lying on or coming from the other side of a mountain range
tramontane
brief, violent downdraft over a small area
microburst, downburst
strong wind
gale
brief, violent windstorm, often bringing rain or snow
squall
storm of wind-borne clouds of sand, as in a desert
sandstorm
wall of dust resulting from a microburst
haboob
cold and dry northerly wind of southern France
mistral
hot, dry, dust-laden wind from
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