Science Homework Help

The study of meteorology includes an array of phenomena with which most of us are unfamiliar, even though many of these weather components and processes affect our daily lives. For this week’s essay, select one of the terms from the list below (or, if you have an idea for a term not listed here, please run it by the instructor first). Your essay should cover a thorough description of what the term means, how it works, and what effect it has upon humans and the environment. Include one or more visuals (diagrams, photos, etc.) that make your term clearer to the reader; be sure to refer to the visual(s) in your paper. The length requirement does not include a title page, references page, or any of the visual elements present.

List of terms to choose from:

backing and veering winds

ball lightning

blizzard

bombogenesis

capped inversion

chinook wind

clipper

cold front

contrails

derecho

dust devil

flash freeze

fog

graupel

haboob

hail

heat burst

heat lightning

heat wave

hoarfrost

ice storm

inflow bands (also called feeder bands)

jet stream

lake effect snowfall

mesocyclone

microburst

nor’easter

polar vortex

St. Elmo’s fire

sleet

squall line

supercell thunderstorm

virga

wall cloud

warm front

volcanic lightning

waterspout