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

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

Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.

A strong, downward wind caused by a localized column of air sinking rapidly, often resulting in damage similar to that caused...

The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without first becoming a liquid, such as ice turning into water...

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

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

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

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

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