What is Precipitation?

Any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet,...

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...

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

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...

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

Cloud condensation nuclei are tiny particles in the atmosphere, such as dust, salt, or pollutants, that provide surfaces...

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

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