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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An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.
Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...
A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...
A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...
The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...
A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.
Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...
Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...
A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.