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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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Weather is the day-to-day meteorological conditions that happen in our atmosphere. Weather can change within minutes, which...

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.