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 large, organized thunderstorm with a rotating updraft, often producing severe weather such as tornadoes, hail, and heavy...
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.
A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...
The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...
A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...