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

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

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

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