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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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A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

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

Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...