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 front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...
A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...
Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...
A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.
The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...
A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...
Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...