Glossary of Terms – Meteorological Service of Jamaica

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Glossary of Terms

A

Accuracy Barometer
Advection
Afternoon
Air
Air Mass
Air Pressure
Anticyclone (or High)
Anticyclonic
Aspirated Hygrometer
Atmosphere
Atmospheric Pressure
AWS

B

Brief
Brief Showers

D

Dawn
Drizzle

E

Early Afternoon
Early Morning
Eastern Areas
Evening

F

Fair
Fine
Foothills
Forenoon

H

Hand Anemometer
Heavy Showers
Heavy Thunderstorms
Hilly Areas
Hilly Ground

I

Increasing/Decreasing Cloudiness
Inland Areas
Intermittent Rainfall
Isolated

K

Kew Barometer

L

Late Afternoon
Light Rainfall
Likely

M

Mainly/Mostly Cloudy
Mainly/Mostly Fair
Mainly/Mostly Sunny
Many/Several Places
Mid Afternoon
Mid Morning
Morning
Most Places
Mountain Areas

N

Night
No term used
Northcentral Areas
Northeastern Areas
Northwestern Areas

O

Occasional

P

Partly Cloudy
Percentage Probability
Plains/Low-lying Areas
Prolonged

R

Rain Gauge
Risk

S

Scale
Scattered
Showers
Slight Chance Of
Slight Risk
Southcentral Areas
Southeastern Areas
Southwestern Areas
Squalls
Squally Showers
Stevenson Screen
Sunny
Sunshine Recorder

T

Thermometer
Thunderstorms

V

Very Heavy Showers
Very Heavy Thunderstorms

W

Western Area
Widely Scattered
Widespread

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