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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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Glossary

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the Earth's surface, significantly reducing visibility.

A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

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