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J is for... Jet streams and Jacob's Ladders.
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L is for... Layer clouds, lightning, low pressure and more.
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N is for... Nimbostratus, nowcasting, numerical weather predition.
O is for... Observation, Occluded front, Okta and Ozone.
P is for... Precipitation, Pressure and Persistence forecast
Q is for... Quasi, Q-code and Quiet spell
R is for... Rain, Rime, Rainbow, Radiosonde and Ridge
S is for... St Elmo's Fire, St Swithins Day and Scotch Mist
T is for... Thermal Low, Tower of the winds Troposphere and Trough
U is for... Ultraviolet Radiation and Upslope fog
V is for... Veering, Visibility and Visible Spectrum
W is for... Warm Front, Warm-Sector, Weather and Wind
X is for... Xenon and X-rays
Y is for... Year
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