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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The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...
A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...
A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...
The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...
The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.
A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.