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

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

The measure of the water vapor or moisture content in the air, expressed as the mass of water vapor per unit volume of air....

A distinct layer in a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth, separating warmer surface water from...

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

Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.

A prefix used in cloud nomenclature to describe middle-altitude clouds that form between 6,500 and 20,000 feet, such as altostratus...

The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.

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

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