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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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Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

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

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

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

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

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...