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 polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.
A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...
A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...
A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...
Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...
A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...
The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...