{"id":108,"date":"2023-05-18T21:48:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T09:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communityweather.org.nz\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2023-05-18T22:41:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T10:41:46","slug":"weather-glossary-l","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/communityweather.org.nz\/?page_id=108","title":{"rendered":"Weather Glossary \u2013 L"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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LAND\u00a0<\/b>BREEZE<\/strong>\u00a0– A wind that blows from the land towards a body of water. Also known as an offshore breeze.<\/span><\/p>

LA NINA<\/strong>\u00a0– The opposite of El Nino, when a major cooling occurs in the equatorial waters in the Pacific Ocean which is characterized by shifts in “normal” weather patterns.<\/span><\/p>

LAPSE RATE<\/strong>\u00a0The change in temperature with altitude in the atmosphere.<\/span><\/p>

LATENT\u00a0<\/b>HEAT<\/strong>\u00a0– the heat energy that must be absorbed when a substance changes from solid to liquid and liquid to gas, and which is released when a gas condenses and a liquid solidifies.<\/span><\/p>

LEE\u00a0<\/b>TROUGH<\/strong>– Low pressure which develops just east of the Rocky Mountains or Cascades. Often lee troughs become organized into mature cyclones as they develop eastward.<\/span><\/p>

LIFTED\u00a0<\/b>INDEX<\/strong>– The environmental temperature at 500 millibars minus the 500 millibar parcel temperature on a Skew-T diagram. Negative LI values are unstable.<\/span><\/p>

LIGHTNING<\/strong>\u00a0An electrical discharge from a thunderstorm.<\/span><\/p>

LIKELY<\/strong>\u00a0– In probability of precipitation statements, the equivalent of a 60 or 70 percent chance.<\/span><\/p>

LLJ<\/strong>– Low Level Jet. Strong Planetary Boundary Layer winds which advect warmer temperatures and moisture into the forecast area.<\/span><\/p>

LOW-\u00a0<\/strong>The center of an area of low pressure, accompanied by cyclonic and inward wind flow in the northern hemisphere. Also known as a cyclone.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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