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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 temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...

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

The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...

A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the Earth's surface, significantly reducing visibility.

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

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

Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic.