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

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...

Frozen drizzle is a dangerous type of frozen rain. It’s a light rain that falls in very fine drops, which freezes on contact...

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

A cold core low is a low-pressure system where the coldest temperatures are found near the center. These systems are often...

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

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

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