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 line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.
Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...
An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...
The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...
A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...
Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...
A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...
The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.