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...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....
Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...
A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...
A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...
Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...
The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.
Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.