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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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The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

The belt between 50-70 ° N and S latitudes in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, adjacent to the Polar Region. Although...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

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

A cold front is the leading edge of a cold air mass that replaces a warmer air mass. It is typically associated with sudden...

Nor'easter is a meteorological event commonly observed in the Northeastern United States and typically occurs during the...

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

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

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