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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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A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

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

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

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

The large-scale movement of air that distributes heat and moisture around the Earth, influencing weather patterns and climatic...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...

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

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

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