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

A weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

A blizzard is a storm that lasts 3 hours or more, with persistent winds/frequent gusts of 35 mph or more along with significant...

The belt between 50-70 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, adjacent to the Polar Region. Although...

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

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...