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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

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

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

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

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

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

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

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

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