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 tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...
The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....
The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...
A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...
A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...
A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...
The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.