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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 mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...

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

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

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

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...