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 lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...
Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...
An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...
A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...
The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...
The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...
The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...