A frontal boundary between warm, moist air and warm, dry air. Drylines usually form near the Texas panhandle and move eastward through the day, causing severe thunderstorms in Oklahoma during the spri [..]

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A statement issued by the National Weather Service when a weather event is expected to be an inconvenience to residents in the area, but does not meet warning criteria. During the spring months, watch [..]

A line of thunderstorms that resemble a bow-shaped line on radar imagery. Bow echoes are often associated with damaging straight-line winds, and can sometimes produce weak tornadoes.

Abbreviation for "Convective Available Potential Energy." A measure of the energy in the surrounding atmosphere available to cause convection. Higher values correspond to higher risks for se [..]

Funnel clouds that develop from a small shower or thunderstorm when the air aloft is unusually cold. These funnels may touch down briefly, but are usually very short-lived and aren't associate [..]

When winds at the surface run perpendicular or opposite each other, usually seen on either side of a moving dryline. When these winds collide at the surface, there is no way to go but up, which result [..]

A type of cloud, also called a "thunderhead." These clouds often resemble a blacksmith's anvil as the top of the cloud generally extends in a smooth plane outward from the center of [..]

Weather radar uses "The Doppler Effect" to measure the velocity of particles in the air, such as raindrops or hailstones. The Doppler Effect was named for Christian Doppler, an Austrian phys [..]

(Formerly known as the F-Scale) - A scale used to measure the strength of a tornado based on the damage it causes. The F-Scale, or "Fujita Scale" was introduced in 1971, created by Ted Fujit [..]