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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A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...
The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...
A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...
Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.
The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....
A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...