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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 amount of water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.

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

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

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

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

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

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

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....