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 large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.
A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...
A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.
Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...
A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...
An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...