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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

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

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...