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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 weather system refers to the movement of warm and cold air across the globe, usually in a recurring pattern. Systems can...

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

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

A drainage wind that flows downhill due to gravity, often associated with cold air descending from elevated regions.

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

A fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...

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

The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

The occurrence of storms resulting from the horizontal advection of cold air at high levels or the horizontal advection of...