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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

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the Earth's surface, significantly reducing visibility.

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

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

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

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

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

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

The scientific study of climate, focusing on the analysis of long-term weather patterns and trends over time.