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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

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

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

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

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

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

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

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

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