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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

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

The amount of water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.

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

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

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