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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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Glossary

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

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

Observation of the sky from the observer's location where there are no clouds, and there is no obstruction to visibility....

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

A low-pressure area with converging winds, rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern...

Large, fluffy white clouds with flat bases, typically indicating fair weather, though they can develop into storm clouds...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...