downdraft — Synonyms and related words: air current, crosscurrent, current, current of air, draft, fall wind, flow of air, following wind, head wind, indraft, inflow, inhalation, inrush, inspiration, jetstream, katabatic wind, monsoon, movement of air,… … Moby Thesaurus
updraft — Synonyms and related words: air current, anabasis, ascension, ascent, clamber, climb, climbing, crosscurrent, current, current of air, downdraft, draft, elevation, escalade, fall wind, flow of air, following wind, fountain, gush, gyring up, head… … Moby Thesaurus
Rear flank downdraft — The rear flank downdraft or RFD is a region of dry air wrapping around the back of a mesocyclone in a supercell thunderstorm. These areas of descending air are thought to be essential in the production of many supercellular tornadoes. Large hail… … Wikipedia
brick and tile — ▪ building material Introduction structural clay products, manufactured as standard units, used in building construction. The brick, first produced in a sun dried form at least 6,000 years ago and the forerunner of a wide range of… … Universalium
Solar updraft tower — This article is about a type of power plant. For other uses, see Solar tower (disambiguation). Schematic presentation of a Solar updraft tower The solar updraft tower is a renewable energy power plant. It combines the chimney effect, the… … Wikipedia
Energy tower (downdraft) — An energy tower is a method for producing electrical power for consumer consumption, the brainchild of Dr. Phillip Carlson,ref|Carlson which has been expanded upon by Professor Dan Zaslavsky from the Technion.ref|ET brochure An energy tower… … Wikipedia
thunderstorm — /thun deuhr stawrm /, n. a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds. Also called electrical storm. [1645 55; THUNDER + STORM] * * * Violent, short… … Universalium
tornado — tornadic /tawr nad ik, nay dik/, adj. tornadolike, adj. /tawr nay doh/, n., pl. tornadoes, tornados. 1. a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, esp. in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel shaped cloud… … Universalium
Mesocyclone — A mesocyclone from the Greensburg, Kansas tornado event indicated on Doppler weather radar. A mesocyclone is a vortex of air, approximately 2 to 10 miles in diameter (the mesoscale of meteorology), within a convective storm … Wikipedia
Convective available potential energy — A skew T plot showing a morning sounding with a large hydrolapse followed by an afternoon sounding showing the cooling which occurred in the mid levels resulting in an unstable atmosphere as surface parcels have now become negatively buoyant. The … Wikipedia