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

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

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...

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

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

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...

A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...

A periodic cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often leading to altered global...

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.