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 tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...
Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...
Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...
The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.
A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...
Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...
A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...
Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.
A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...