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 sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...
Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...
Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.
A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...
Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...
The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...
Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...