Weather terms starting with W

143 terms

  1. Winter Typically the coldest season of the year during which the sun is farthest from overhead.
  2. Winter Pool The pool, or height of the water surface, of a reservoir during the winter. This pool is usually a specific height and is maintained for the control of…
  3. Winter Solstice The time at which the sun is farthest south in the Southern Hemisphere, on or around December 21.
  4. Winter Storm Warning This product is issued by the National Weather Service when a winter storm is producing or is forecast to produce heavy snow or significant ice…
  5. Winter Storm Watch This product is issued by the National Weather Service when there is a potential for heavy snow or significant ice accumulations, usually at least 24 to…
  6. Winter Weather Advisory This product is issued by the National Weather Service when a low pressure system produces a combination of winter weather (snow, freezing rain, sleet…
  7. Wire Weight Gage A river gage comprised of a weight which is lowered to the water level. The weight is attached to a cable; and as the weight is lowered, a counter…
  8. WK Weak
  9. WKN Weaken
  10. WL Will
  11. WLY Westerly
  12. WMC World Meteorological Center(s)
  13. WMO World Meteorological Organization (UN)
  14. WND Wind
  15. Wolf Number A historic term for Sunspot Number. In 1849, R. Wolf of Zurich originated the general procedure for computing the sunspot number
  16. Wood energy Wood and wood products used as fuel, including roundwood (i.e., cordwood), limbwood, wood chips, bark, sawdust, forest residues, and charcoal.
  17. World Meteorological Organization World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Created by the World Meteorological Convention and recognized as a special agency of the United Nations in 1951…
  18. World Meteorological Organization program World Meteorological Organization program Any scientific project (field experiment, inter-comparison, etc.
  19. World Weather Watch World Weather Watch (WWW) The world-wide, coordinated, developing system of meteorological facilities and services provided by WMO Members for the purpose…
  20. Wrapping Gust Front A gust front which wraps around a mesocyclone, cutting off the inflow of warm moist air to the mesocyclone circulation and resulting in an occluded…
  21. WRCC Western Regional Climate Center
  22. WRM Warm
  23. WRMFNT Warm Front
  24. WRN Western
  25. WRNG Warning
  26. WSFO Weather Service Forecast Office
  27. WSHFT Wind Shift
  28. WSPD On a buoy report, the wind speed (m/s) averaged over an eight-minute period for buoys and a two-minute period for land stations. Reported Hourly.
  29. WSR-57 A NWS Weather Surveillance Radar designed in 1957. It used to be part of weather radar network. It was replaced by WSR-88D units.
  30. WSR-74 A NWS Weather Surveillance Radar designed in 1974. It used to be part of weather radar network. It was replaced by WSR-88D units.
  31. WSR-88D Weather Surveillance Radar - 1988 Doppler; NEXRAD unit.
  32. WSR-88D System The summation of all hardware, software, facilities, communications, logistics, staffing, training, operations, and procedures specifically associated…
  33. WSW Winter Storm Message
  34. WTMP On a buoy report, the sea surface temperature (Celsius).
  35. WTR Water Equivalent
  36. WV 1. Water Vapor (satellite imagery) 2. Wave 3. West Virginia
  37. WVHT On a buoy report, significant wave height (meters) is calculated as the average of the highest one-third of all of the wave heights during the 20-minute…
  38. WW Severe Thunderstorm or Tornado Watch
  39. WWH On a buoy report, Wind Wave Height is the vertical distance (meters) between any wind wave crest and the succeeding wind wave trough (independent of swell…
  40. WWP On a buoy report, Wind Wave Period is the time (in seconds) that it takes successive wind wave crests or troughs to pass a fixed point.
  41. WWV National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) radio stations which broadcast a time and frequency service commonly known to mariners as the "Time…
  42. WWVH National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) radio stations which broadcast a time and frequency service commonly known to mariners as the "Time…
  43. WX Weather