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 cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...
The percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.
Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...
Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...
A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.
In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...
The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...
Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...
Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...
The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.