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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Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...
Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...
The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...
A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.
A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.
Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.