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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Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....
A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.
A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...
The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.
Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...
The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....