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 names given to the winds blowing from the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, and west - N, E, S, W) on a compass.
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...
An image on the weather radar that is convex to the direction of movement and resembles an arc shape, caused by mesoscale...
A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...
Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...
Considerable cloudiness refers to weather conditions where a large portion of the sky is covered with clouds, but some clear...
A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...