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

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

Ball lightning appears during thunderstorms, taking the shape of glowing, electric orbs in the sky. It can appear in a variety...

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

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...

A continental air mass is a large body of air that forms over land, characterized by dry conditions due to the lack of moisture...

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

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

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