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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

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

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

Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

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