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

Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...

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 deviation from the normal or expected value in atmospheric or climatic conditions, often used in meteorology to identify...

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

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

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

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

The term used for turbulence occurring in the absence of clouds or cloud-like elements in the visible area. It is often observed...

Weather conditions are the components that comprise the state of the atmosphere. The six main weather conditions are temperature,...