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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

A storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

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

A rapidly rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, capable of causing significant damage.

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

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

Weather is the day-to-day meteorological conditions that happen in our atmosphere. Weather can change within minutes, which...

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...