Glossary of Weather Terms

List of of weather definitions.

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Short Wave Radiation
Incoming radiation from the sun.
Symboptic Chart
A weather map.
The Stratosphere
The layer from about 12,000 meters to about 50kms above the surface–this is where the sky is always clear, there is no water vapour and no changes in the weather.