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 weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.
A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...
Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....
A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...
Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...
The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.
The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...
The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...