What is Precipitation?
Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
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A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...
Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...
The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...
Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...