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 mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...
A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...
The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...
The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...
A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...
The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...
An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...