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What is Acid Rain?

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

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A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

The amount of water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...