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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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Glossary

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.

A periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, significantly influencing global...

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.