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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 prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

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

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

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.