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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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A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

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

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

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

Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...

A thin, white cloud layer that is intertwined or separate, arranged in regular order, and does not cast a shadow.

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...