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 storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.
The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...
A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...
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 term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...
Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...
Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.