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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In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.
Bright and dark rays with changing colors and contrast in the sky. These rays become visible due to the reflection of atmospheric...
A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...
The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...
An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...
A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.
The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.