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 bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...
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A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
The formation of ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature drops below freezing, typically overnight, causing potential...
A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...
A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...
A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...