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 fixed potential temperature line on adiabats, or the process of thermodynamic changes within a system without any exchange...
The upward movement of air caused by a topographic barrier, such as a mountain, which can lead to cloud formation and precipitation.
A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.
A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...
Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air cools and changes into liquid water. This process is crucial...
The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...
The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...
A small, intense downdraft that produces damaging winds at the surface, typically lasting a few minutes and often associated...
The heating of the Earth by the sun causes daily changes in both the direction and speed of the wind. During the day, ground...
A polar vortex is a circulating mass of air in the atmosphere, typically found in polar regions. This rotating air mass occurs...