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 bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...
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,...
An instrument that continuously records atmospheric pressure over time. It uses a barometer to measure pressure and creates...
The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...
A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...
The state of the atmosphere when it contains the maximum amount of water vapor possible at a given temperature and pressure.
Snow that rises to 8 feet or higher.
A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour, characterized by a central eye, strong winds, and...
A long, narrow region in the atmosphere that transport water vapor, like a river in the sky.