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 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...
Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.
A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...
Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...
An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....
A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.
CONQ is a meteorological abbreviation for significant convection observed in a specific area, often indicating unstable atmospheric...
A deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...
The belt between 50-70 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, adjacent to the Polar Region. Although...