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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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Glossary

The amount of water vapor present in the air, which can affect comfort levels and weather conditions.

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

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

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

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

Condensation pressure deficit refers to the difference between the actual vapor pressure and the saturation vapor pressure...

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

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

Perhaps you have come across them, maybe you are seeing them for the first time. These clouds, known as wave clouds, resemble...

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...