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

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

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

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

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

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...

The names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.