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 closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...
An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....
Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.
A strong wind typically ranging from 34 to 40 knots (39 to 46 miles per hour) and often associated with rough seas and stormy...
A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...
The term used for semi-stationary high-pressure centers such as the Azores and North Pacific Highs, which occur in the narrow...
Precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps of ice that form in thunderstorm updrafts and fall to the ground.
Although it is also used for light winds, it is the general name given to the daily cyclical winds that occur mostly between...
The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...
The temperature at which air becomes saturated with moisture and water vapor begins to condense into liquid form, leading...