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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.

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.

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

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

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

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...