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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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Glossary

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

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

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...