mesoscale
adjective
me·so·scale
ˈme-zə-ˌskāl 
ˈmē-,
-sə-
: of intermediate size
especially
: of or relating to a meteorological phenomenon approximately 10 to 1000 kilometers in horizontal extent
mesoscale cloud pattern
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The weather service said the tornado began near Bucks just west of the Mobile River and was associated with a powerful complex of storms (a mesoscale convective system or MCS) that was moving through the area at the time.
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Leigh Morgan, al, 17 June 2023
The weather service said forecast models are suggesting a complex of storms -- referred to as a mesoscale convective system or MCS -- could develop to the northwest of Alabama later today and push into the state tonight.
—Leigh Morgan, al, 8 May 2023
The first could begin later this morning and last until around 3 p.m. Forecasters said a cluster or storms, or mesoscale convective system (MCS), could work its way northward and eastward from the Gulf of Mexico this morning.
—Leigh Morgan, al, 29 Apr. 2023
This particular mission is called the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment or S-MODE; sub-mesoscale refers to ocean dynamics that are smaller than 10 kilometers across like ocean eddies, which swirl around the ocean’s surface, stirring up the water.
—Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Oct. 2021
Leigh Morgan, al, 17 June 2023
The weather service said forecast models are suggesting a complex of storms -- referred to as a mesoscale convective system or MCS -- could develop to the northwest of Alabama later today and push into the state tonight.
—Leigh Morgan, al, 8 May 2023
The first could begin later this morning and last until around 3 p.m. Forecasters said a cluster or storms, or mesoscale convective system (MCS), could work its way northward and eastward from the Gulf of Mexico this morning.
—Leigh Morgan, al, 29 Apr. 2023
This particular mission is called the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment or S-MODE; sub-mesoscale refers to ocean dynamics that are smaller than 10 kilometers across like ocean eddies, which swirl around the ocean’s surface, stirring up the water.
—Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Oct. 2021
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“Mesoscale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mesoscale. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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