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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

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

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

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

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...

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

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

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...