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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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Glossary

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

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

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...

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

The belt between 50-70 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, adjacent to the Polar Region. Although...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....