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What is Lightning?

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.

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A weather watch means there is a risk of weather hazards in the near future, which could pose a threat to life/property....

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

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

Jet streams are strong, fast-flowing air currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere. They form when warm air masses meet...

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

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

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.

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