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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

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

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

Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

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

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

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

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

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

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.