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-Macroburst - A strong downburst greater than 4
km across
-Main Deck - The topmost contiguous deck running
from stem to stern.
-Mature thunderstorm – the middle stage in the three-stage life
of a thunderstorm. Heavy showers, lightning, thunder, and violent vertical motions inside cumulonimbus clouds characterize
this state
-Mean (average) annual temperature – the average temperature at any particular
location for an entire year
-Mean (average) daily temperature – the average of the highest
and lowest temperatures within a 24-hour period
-Mesocyclone – a column of rotating air within
a supercell thunderstorm
-Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) – a large cloud system that represents
an assemblance of thunderstorms formed by convection, and produce precipitation over a wide area
-Mess
deck - where the grub gets eaten by them hungry people; the cafeteria
-Microburst –
a strong localized downburst less than 4 km wide that occurs beneath thunderstorms.
-Micrometer -
a unit of length equal to one-millionth of a meter
-Mirage – a refraction phenomenon that makes
an object appear to be displaced from its true position. When an object appears higher than it actually is, it is called a
superior mirage. When an object appears lower than it actually is, it is an inferior image
-Multicell storms
– a convective storm system composed of a cluster of convective cells, each one in a different stage of its life cycle
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