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 amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.
Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....
An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....