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.

Glossary

Convection is the vertical movement of air caused by temperature differences, where warm air rises and cool air sinks. It...

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

Nimbostratus clouds are thick, dark, gray clouds associated with rainy and gloomy days that block the Sun. These clouds,...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

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

Temperature scale, abbreviated as °C, found by accepting the freezing point of water at one atmospheric pressure as zero...

A sudden and rapid flow of snow masses accumulated on the slopes of mountainous areas under the influence of gravity or a...

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

An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...

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

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