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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Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...
The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...
The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.
A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These are shaded clouds that can be white...
The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...
A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...
Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.
The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.