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.

Glossary

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

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

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

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

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

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

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

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

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