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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 middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

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

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

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

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.