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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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A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

A condition in which the stratification of the atmosphere depends on both air temperature and pressure, and where surfaces...

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

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 percentage of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature.

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...