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

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.