User:Heritage.john/Books/Weather conditions

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John's book o' weather conditions[edit]

For the noob paraglider[edit]

Aerodynamics
Dynamic soaring
Eddy (fluid dynamics)
Vortex
Formations that show thermal activity is present, but perhaps in strange patterns that may be less easily utilised than regular cumulus
Wave cloud
Lee wave
Lenticular cloud
Indicators that a cumulus may soon transform to conditions that require soon if not immediate landing
Cumulus congestus cloud
Pileus (meteorology)
Clouds that indicate storm or supercell activity is approaching (you 100% shouldn't be airborne)
Cumulonimbus velum
Cumulonimbus cloud
Cumulonimbus calvus
Cumulonimbus incus
Virga
Scud (cloud)
Squall
Wall cloud
Arcus cloud
Supercell
Mesovortices
Funnel cloud
Mesocyclone
General weather terminology
Microscale meteorology
Mesoscale meteorology
Synoptic scale meteorology
Troposphere
Cold front
Warm front
Stationary front
Vertical draft
Thermal
Wind shear
Inversion (meteorology)
Microburst
Downburst
Planetary boundary layer
Ekman spiral
Clouds that display little or no thermal activity, what is often called overcasting. This section goes from uniquitous grey to formations that begin approaching the thermal activity of cumulus
Cirrostratus cloud
Altostratus cloud
Stratus cloud
Nimbostratus cloud
Fractus cloud
Actinoform cloud
Cirrus spissatus cloud
Cirrus cloud
Cirrocumulus cloud
Altocumulus cloud
Stratocumulus cloud
Clouds that begin to display harder to control or unstable thermal conditions
Cumulus cloud
Cumulus humilis cloud
Cumulus mediocris cloud
Altocumulus castellanus cloud