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

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

Perhaps you have come across them, maybe you are seeing them for the first time. These clouds, known as wave clouds, resemble...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

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

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with unsettled weather conditions like storms...

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

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...

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