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 mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.
The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...
A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...
A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.