What is Precipitation?

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

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

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

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....