Mesoscale meteorology

upright=1.35|thumb|Lightning from a thunderstorm near Pritzerbe, Germany

thumb|A low precipitation supercell in rural Northeast Colorado. A supercell is a thunderstorm characterized by the presence of a mesocyclone, a deep, persistently rotating updraft. Due to this, these storms are sometimes referred to as rotating thunderstorms. Of the four main classifications of thunderstormssupercell, squall line, multi-cell, and single-cellsupercells are the least common overall and have the potential to be the most severe. Supercells are often isolated from other thunderstorms, and can dominate the local weather up to away. They tend to last 2–4 hours, but under highly favo

natural atmospheric phenomenon

the study of weather systems and processes at scales smaller than synoptic-scale systems but larger than microscale and storm-scale

complex of thunderstorms organized on a larger scale

wind greatly accelerated by the Venturi effect

a cloud form created by atmospheric internal waves.

Unique kind of mesoscale convective system.

thunderstorm that is generally weak and usually not severe.

thumb|right|Band of thunderstorms seen on a weather radar display A rainband is a cloud and precipitation structure associated with an area of rainfall which is significantly elongated. Rainbands in tropical cyclones can be either stratiform or convective and are curved in shape. They consist of showers and thunderstorms, and along with the eyewall and the eye, they make up a tropical cyclone. The extent of rainbands around a tropical cyclone can help determine the cyclone's intensity.

repeated area of rain that moves over the same region in a relatively short period of time

Wind component of bow echoes