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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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A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

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

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

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

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...