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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

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

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

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...