{"id":117,"date":"2023-05-18T21:53:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T09:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communityweather.org.nz\/?page_id=117"},"modified":"2023-05-18T22:49:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T10:49:55","slug":"weather-glossary-t","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/communityweather.org.nz\/?page_id=117","title":{"rendered":"Weather Glossary \u2013 T"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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T<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

TCU<\/strong>\u00a0– Towering Cumulus<\/span><\/p>

TEMPERATURE<\/strong>\u00a0– a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to a standard value.<\/span><\/p>

THERMAL-<\/strong>\u00a0Small rising column of air due to surface heating.<\/span><\/p>

THERMAL\u00a0<\/b>RIDGE<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0THERMAL\u00a0<\/b>TROUGH<\/strong>– A ridge of warmer temperatures or a trough of colder temperature.<\/span><\/p>

THERMODYNAMICS<\/strong>– In reference to the (in)stability of the atmosphere. Important thermodynamic information includes lapse rates, CAPE, changes in temperature \/ moisture with height, and cap strength.<\/span><\/p>

THUNDER-<\/strong>\u00a0The sound wave produced as a lightning stroke heats the air causing it to rapidly expand.<\/span><\/p>

THUNDERSTORM\u00a0<\/strong>(TS, TSRA, TSTM)\u00a0<\/b>– A shower accompanied by thunder. It is always accompanied by lightning and thunder, and occasionally by strong gusty winds, hail, and or heavy rain.<\/span><\/p>

TORNADO\u00a0<\/strong>– A violent rotating column of air, usually forming a pendant from a cumulonimbus cloud with the circulation reaching the ground. It nearly always starts as a funnel cloud and may be accompanied by a loud roaring noise. On a local scale, it is the most destructive of all atmospheric phenomena.<\/span><\/p>

TRACE<\/strong>\u00a0-Precipitation amounts less than 0.01″.<\/span><\/p>

TRADE\u00a0<\/b>WINDS<\/strong>\u00a0– Persistent tropical winds that blow from the subtropical high pressure centers towards the equatorial low.<\/span><\/p>

TROPICAL\u00a0<\/b>DEPRESSION<\/strong>\u00a0– Tropical mass of thunderstorms with a cyclonic wind circulation and winds between 20 and 34 knots.<\/span><\/p>

TROPICAL\u00a0<\/b>DISTURBANCE<\/strong>\u00a0– An organized mass of tropical thunderstorms, with a slight cyclonic circulation, and winds less than 20 knots.<\/span><\/p>

TROPICAL\u00a0<\/b>STORM<\/strong>\u00a0– An organized cyclone in the tropics with wind speed between 35 and 64 knots.<\/span><\/p>

TROPOSPHERE<\/strong>– The lowest layer of the atmosphere where the temperature decreases with height. Most of earth’s weather occurs in this layer.<\/span><\/p>

TROUGH<\/strong>\u00a0-An elongated area of low pressure at the surface or aloft.<\/span><\/p>

TSUNAMI<\/strong>\u00a0– An ocean wave generated by a submarine earthquake, volcano or landslide. (Also known as a seismic seawave, and incorrectly as a tidal wave).<\/span><\/p>

TURBULENCE<\/strong>– Disrupted flow in the atmosphere that produces gusts and eddies.<\/span><\/p>

TURBULENCE<\/strong>\u00a0– Disrupted flow in the atmosphere that produces gusts and eddies.<\/span><\/p>

TWEAK<\/strong>– To change slightly. Often in reference to slightly changing MOS output or any other form of model guidance.<\/span><\/p>

TYPHOON<\/strong>\u00a0– A hurricane that forms in the Western Pacific Ocean.<\/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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