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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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A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

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

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

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