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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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Glossary

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

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

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

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

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...