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

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

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

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

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

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

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