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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

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

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

Weather is the day-to-day meteorological conditions that happen in our atmosphere. Weather can change within minutes, which...

Coastal flooding occurs when water from the ocean, sea, or large lakes inundates land areas along the coast, usually due...

A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.

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

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

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

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...