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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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Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.

A large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

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

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...